Example Sentences

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He has been toiling in the game since the George W. Bush administration without anything close to this kind of success.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The tax authority has been toiling with long telephone helpline waiting times and intense criticism of its services.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2024

The team has been toiling since April to build their robot amid instability in the country.

From Slate • Jul. 19, 2017

Y.A.K. — whose etymology is the subject of some debate, but more on that later — has been toiling in Yangon's small underground hip-hop scene for more than a decade.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2015

"He has been toiling hard many a year for it, Dinah, don't forget that."

From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Lever, Charles James