toil
noun
hard and continuous work; exhausting labor or effort.
have been toiling
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present perfect progressiveof toil.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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Radjaa Aboudagga and his team have been toiling since 6:00 am to create the Middle Eastern dishes for families and friends of all ages seated on mats or at tables.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025
While farmworkers have been toiling in these fields for more than a century now, their conditions have improved little with the passage of time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
These three women have been toiling over this project for at least seven years.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2023
If Mr. Norquist succeeds in killing the idea, it could blow a $100 billion hole in the plan Mr. Warner and others have been toiling to seal.
From New York Times ● Jul. 15, 2021
They seemed to have been toiling a weary time before the helmsman fancied he could see something looming out of the void.
From One Wonderful Night A Romance of New York by Louis Tracy
