labor
noun
productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
is laboring
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present progressiveof labor (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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With two flagships already in the works and ahead of a Uranus mission in the queue, NASA’s planetary science division is laboring under an enormous amount of budgetary stress.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 30, 2023
It’s taking place in Washington, D.C., where Representative Kevin McCarthy of California is laboring mightily to become speaker of the House — a job he has long coveted.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
The novel hangs together best — and is at its funniest — when Buckley sticks with the preposterous screenplay that our hero is laboring on, his vehicle for facing his fear of death.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 4, 2022
The club is laboring in 13th place in the 18-team league and has little hope of reaching the European qualification places it has long targeted.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2022
Nothing could hasten more the progress of these reflections & sentiments which are secretly undermining the institution which this mistaken zeal is laboring to secure agst. the most distant approach of danger.”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
