laboured

/ ˈleɪbəd /

adjective

1. (of breathing) performed with difficulty
2. showing effort; contrived; lacking grace or fluency

Derived Forms

• ˈlabouredness, noun
• ˈlabouredly, adverb

Example Sentences

Ripperda accompanied this unexpected refusal, with a laboured epistle to his imperial friend.

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The tops of the hills were laden with thunder-clouds, and the turbid atmosphere laboured with the stifling Sirocco.

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"But it was n't a lie," Punch would begin, charging into a laboured explanation that landed him more hopelessly in the mire.

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He placed the paper on the table, and, ere he read a syllable, he laboured to compose himself.

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She would stand behind a boulder or a hedge, and would watch him while he laboured in the field.

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