labored

This time my legs were cooperating, so I opted for a labored, independent shuffle to row eight.
The Disempowering Experience of Flying as a Disabled Person|Rebekah Taussig|November 1, 2021|Time
In making a plot pivot and then meticulously explaining itself, Old is peak Shyamalan — a little sentimental, a little surprising, a little labored.
M. Night Shyamalan returns with Old, a floppy but haunting thriller about aging|Alissa Wilkinson|July 23, 2021|Vox
That was a very long, labored death scene, which worked very well in the end.
Life After Deaths: Sean Bean on 'Game of Thrones' Paternity and 'Legends'|Jason Lynch|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Record producers labored for hours to get everything balanced.
Classic Miles Davis Recordings Reveal New Beauty in Their Classic Mono Format|Malcolm Jones|December 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Others held him up as a great statesman who labored for international peace.
How Jackie Kennedy Invented the Camelot Legend After JFK’s Death|James Piereson|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Rarely in modern history have so many in Washington labored so hard and produced so little.
Washington Is Waiting for Godot as President Obama’s Second-Term Agenda Stalls|Howard Kurtz|April 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Struggling to sit up, his breathing was heavily labored and each inhalation caused him obvious pain.
Despite Pledge, Syrian Rebels Continue to Torture|Jamie Dettmer|August 15, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Through the beautiful, windy autumn days, he labored at his difficult task, the task of telling a story.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
Have we, then, labored at the most glorious of revolutions for so many years, to see it overthrown in a single day?
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott
For some three years back I have labored under a disease of the throat—a bronchial affection—a severe affliction it was.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot|William Gannaway Brownlow
They were not pretenders and quacks; they were sceptics who denied subjective truths, and labored for outward advantage.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
Robert was chairman, and had labored hard to prepare a few remarks with which to open the meeting.
The Underworld|James C. Welsh

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