Example Sentences
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It often means we lose a lot in the edit, scenes that we’ve slaved over, beautifully shot work, prized moments, but his instincts are always, always right.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 15, 2019
My mother slaved for two days, even hiring a cook to assist her.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2017
But what’s crucial, what gives me some infinitesimal measure of hope, is that this book I wrote and slaved over every day and obsessed over for years will still be out there.
From Salon • May 12, 2013
Kee slaved away on features about the way Britain was shaping up for the future and trying to live down its colonial past.
From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2013
All day I slaved away, scrubbing down her porch, sorting buttons, picking dead flies from her screen door.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
