toilful
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- toilfully adverb
Etymology
Origin of toilful
Example Sentences
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With the other division, Greene made a march of toilful difficulty through a barren country, to Hicks' Creek, in Chesterfield district, on the east side of the Pedee River, opposite the Cheraw Hills.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
After a century, behold the Yankee,—the shrewd, toilful, thrifty occupant of the homely earth; one side of his brain speculating on the eternities, and the other side devising wealth, comfort, personal and social good.
From The Chief End of Man by Merriam, George Spring
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
Instead of the glittering line of mailed warriors, we behold the patient train of the toilful muleteer, slowly moving along the skirts of the mountain.
From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 by Sylvester, Charles Herbert
I grasp'd the laurels of heroic strife, The thousand perils of a soldier's life; Obedient in the ranks each toilful day!
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Disraeli, Isaac
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