is toiling
- present progressive of toil (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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As Aymen al-Rubaye plants mangrove seedlings in the sprawling tidal flats of southern Iraq, the black smoke rising over the skyline behind him shows the ecological damage that he is toiling to undo.
From Reuters ● Jun. 29, 2023
“Kevin owns the land, Kevin is toiling on the land, Kevin is shaping the land into something that is his own.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2022
Who out there is toiling as a AAA beat writer that deserves a call-up to the bigs?
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 25, 2019
Mooen Ali is toiling with little reward in Centurion.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 22, 2016
The golden hue of sunrise is rightly cast upon the pinnacles and towers of that city the traveller is toiling to reach.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
