labor
noun
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
are laboring
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present progressiveof labor.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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His opponents are laboring to land a punch.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
But these bull-market apologists are laboring under a fundamental misunderstanding of bubbles: They don’t trace to weak earnings per se, but to how far ahead of those earnings the market rises.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2025
Workers are laboring in 95 degree heat, surrounded by toxic soil.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2025
But with time short to strike a deal, they are laboring to come up with a compromise that could be approved quickly by the Republican House and the Democratic Senate and be signed into law.
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2023
I am sure, madam," replied she, with a certain amount of spirit, "that you are laboring under a very grave misapprehension.
From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Charles James Lever
