Example Sentences

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I am toiling in my garden after a rain, moving tender seedlings.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

I am toiling and slaving night and day for my King, but I have not yet received so much as a brass farthing for my pains.

From The King of the Dark Chamber by Tagore, Rabindranath

But I, Paul of Lorraine, your humble nephew, lord of my brain and hands, freely admit that I am toiling for no one but the aforesaid Paul of Lorraine.

From Helmet of Navarre by Runkle, Bertha

I am toiling upward—upward—I can see no sign of the end yet—but I must finish this time!

From The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow by Sinclair, Upton

It is not in vain that I am toiling.

From The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia by Cahan, Abraham