Example Sentences

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Chefs rarely get Christmas off - if they are not cooking for customers, they are slaving over a hot stove for family.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2022

There’s something funny about Steve and Rob eating great food while all these people are slaving away in the kitchen and all they’re interested in is talking about themselves and their careers.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2017

I'm sure the majority are slaving away at this tough job for all the right reasons.

From The Guardian • Apr. 2, 2011

The pampered paladins of the newspaper business are the sportswriters who freeload Florida sun and Kentucky dew while their less glamorous associates are slaving back home over typewriters and copy desk rim.

From Time Magazine Archive

You are a good-for-nothing man; here you are slaving yourself to death with hardly a minute to spare, and you must write a review of my book!

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir