toilful
Americanadjective
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During their slow, toilful walks she appeared to be dragging with her for a penance the burden of that infirm bulk.
From To-morrow by Conrad, Joseph
The day is over, the day which has been so hard and toilful even for the children,—and with the night comes rest and play.
From Tales of the Punjab by Steel, Flora Annie
These were our farewells to each other in this world, a fitting finish to the tragedies of our toilful and thankless lives.
From The Trail of the Tramp by Livingston, Leon Ray
We had won disregard of all the bother and contradictions, the vanities and absurdities of the toilful, wayward, human world, and had acquired a glorious sense of irresponsibleness and independence.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)
The prairie, for all its beauties, spelt toilful days and bitter disappointment for him.
From The Forfeit by Cullum, Ridgwell
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