Example Sentences

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Toiled in craft and cunning And strength of ripening brain, Till rose the form that grasped the world And made it his domain.

From Selected Poems by Barnard, William Francis

Where many a poor horse, with his load, Toiled on beneath the burning sun, And traveled some three miles in one.

From Poems Teachers Ask For Selected by readers of "Normal Instructor-Primary Plans" by Various

And as I close this ballad,    Historically true, Learn, reader, that its heroes    Toiled not in vain for you.

From Home Lyrics by Battersby, H. S. (Hannah S.)

O the Miller, that night, Toiled on in a fright,— Though, through terror, few bushels he grinded!

From The Baron's Yule Feast: A Christmas Rhyme by Cooper, Thomas

In a small chamber, friendless and unseen, Toiled o'er his types one poor unlearned young man.

From The Abolitionists Together With Personal Memories Of The Struggle For Human Rights by Hume, John F. (John Ferguson)