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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And in Myanmar’s largest city, graveyard workers have been laboring day and night to keep up with the grim demand for new cremations and burials.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2021
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
Habitat workers have been laboring off and on to complete the homes on Carpenter’s Circle since 2009.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2015
Only see how long we have been laboring to convert people to the one self-evident truth that a man has a right to himself; and where are we now after a quarter of a century?
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Elizabeth Cady Stanton
