Example Sentences

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Her fantastically amazing friends, Eric and Ralph, had slaved away cooking a lovely meal for eight sophisticated guests, who also happened to be wildly interesting and fabulous.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2013

Then Khrushchev abruptly asked whether anyone knew of any descendants of a Frenchman named Lebrun who had owned the Ukrainian mine where he had slaved as a youth.

From Time Magazine Archive

For this he had slaved, faced dangers and deprived himself of the contentment of home and the society of his wife.

From The Law of Hemlock Mountain by Lundsford, Hugh

Mrs. Hollister angrily denounced her mother-in-law and Aunt Susan, saying that it was their work and that her child, for whom she had slaved all of her life, had become wilful, stubborn and disobedient.

From Ethel Hollister's Second Summer as a Campfire Girl by Benson, Irene Elliott

However, she sometimes added that the worthy woman had slaved herself to death in striving to support her family.

From The Fat and the Thin by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred