slave
noun
a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another and forced to provide unpaid labor.
have been slaving
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present perfect progressiveof slave.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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Eager to be the first legislators to craft a concrete proposal, the Democratic members of the House Subcommittee on Health have been slaving late nights for two months.
From Time Magazine Archive
Dick Ryan said, with a deep sigh, "you don't mean to say that I must begin to work on another language, just after I have been slaving, for the last six months, at Portuguese?"
From Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War by Walter Paget
You know how your mothers or wives or sisters have been slaving and stinting—what pain is theirs, what burdens, what troubles.
From The Nine-Tenths by James Oppenheim
Do you think that whilst you have been slaving at that office at nights she has been at home thinking of you?
From People of Position by H. Richard Boehm
I have been slaving myself till I can hardly stand, to contrive Mr. Rushworth's cloak without sending for any more satin; and now I think you may give me your help in putting it together.
From Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
