Example Sentences

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His writers include TV pros who have slaved on noodles-and-catsup fare like Providence.

From Time Magazine Archive

Asians and Africans have slaved for centuries to build an affluent society.

From Time Magazine Archive

But all of us boys have slaved together to make it a success.

From Paul and the Printing Press by Scott, A. O. (Arthur O.)

You have slaved for over a year to make it what it is while he has been squandering money you had to scrape to send him.

From The Short Cut by Johnson, Frank Tenney

"I—I hope," she ventured hesitatingly, "that you'll get all you want, Auntie Jinit, but poor Susie and Charlie have slaved there for years and it would be cruel to turn them out."

From 'Lizbeth of the Dale by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller