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Kevin is slaving away in the belly of the crappy sitcom beast, working on an idiotic show that mostly requires him to take his shirt off, though he is capable of more, so much more.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2016

Or having to fend off e-mail from a boss in the Hamptons while the employee is slaving away in a cubicle.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2010

And just when one is slaving one's hardest one has to appear at one's very best!

From Time Magazine Archive

"But, Sue, shall you be content to have Billy slave as he is slaving now," she presently went on, "right on into middle- age?"

From Saturday's Child by Norris, Kathleen Thompson

In the province of Esperitu Santo, cotton sail-cloth is made; but the chief trade of this place is slaving.

From Journal of a Voyage to Brazil And Residence There During Part of the Years 1821, 1822, 1823 by Graham, Maria