Related Words
See elaborate.
Other Word Forms
- laboredly adverb
- laboredness noun
- unlabored adjective
- well-labored adjective
Etymology
Origin of labored
Example Sentences
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Initially intriguing, the jumbled chronology eventually proves to be largely decorative until a disappointing late-reel twist explains why the labored device was deployed in the first place.
From Los Angeles Times
They appeared to agree on Meta’s culpability by Friday, but labored through Tuesday to hash out a decision for Google, delivering their verdict just after 10 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times
Another concerned a sort of command center where workers labored “to make the internet as bad as we can possibly get it.”
From Los Angeles Times
Araceli Molar de Barrios labored in the fields for nearly 30 years after arriving in the U.S. in 1995, two years after Chavez’s death.
From Los Angeles Times
Lamarck labored professionally under the modest title of professor of insects and worms.
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