Example Sentences

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Disney’s board at the time wanted to give Iger, a longtime ABC executive who had toiled years in the shadow of former Chief Executive Michael Eisner, a shot.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 4, 2026

Managing the opportunities that came after the publication of my debut novel became its own job, one I had toiled for 15 years to achieve and was not willing to give up.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2024

That year, South Korean courts ordered the seizure of Japanese firms’ assets to pay off 15 South Korean workers who, without pay, had toiled for the companies during World War II.

From Washington Times • Mar. 15, 2023

Conservationists who had toiled for decades to protect the monkeys were sharply divided over whether to vaccinate them.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2023

Wizards speak truth, and it was true that all the mastery of Names that Ged had toiled to win that year was the mere start of what he must go on learning all his life.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin