toils
- present tense form of toil (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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If this plain English be, ’tis far from Trick, Though some Lines gall, where others fawning lick; Which fits thy Poet, Amiell, for thy Smiles, If once more paid to blaze thy hated Toils.
From Anti-Achitophel (1682) Three Verse Replies to Absalom and Achitophel by John Dryden by Jones, Harold Whitmore
Where the weary stitcher Toils for daily bread; Where the lonely watcher Watches by her dead; Where with thin weak fingers, Toiling at the loom, Stand the little children, Blighted ere they bloom.
From Legends and Lyrics Part 1 by Dickens, Charles
When she had secur’d him thus far in her Toils, she never conceal’d her Power, but play’d the Part of a perfect Humourist.
From Zadig Or, The Book of Fate by Voltaire
Rich death, that realises all my cares, Toils, virtues, hopes; without it a chimera!
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward
Some ladies exchange their single condition, in the hope of escaping thereby the Toils and Cares 184of life.
From The Young Maiden by Muzzey, A. B. (Artemas Bowers)
