labor
noun
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
have been laboring
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present perfect progressiveof labor.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Others have been laboring over the decision for days.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
E-bike manufacturers have been laboring to tamp down this perception, and it seems like it’s working.
From The Verge ● Oct. 10, 2019
Democratic Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine of Virginia, and Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin of Maryland have been laboring to draft a bill to extend the subsidy.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 24, 2019
The 1,200 to 1,500 workers in Vermont’s dairy industry have been laboring under their own grim circumstances.
From New York Times ● Oct. 3, 2017
She seemed to have been laboring under an undue excitement on that subject.
From Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity by Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
