Example Sentences

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“I really didn’t feel like he was laboring trying to find something. He’s kind of back to who he is. It’s much needed.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025

That’s a stark change from one year ago, when Tulane was laboring through a 2-10 season in which seemingly everything went wrong.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2022

Soto flashed his arm when he threw out Tomás Nido at the plate to end a second inning that could’ve been worse for starter Patrick Corbin, who was laboring.

From Washington Post • Aug. 1, 2022

IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig warned Congress earlier this month that the agency was laboring with a personnel shortage and a document backlog that built up during the coronavirus pandemic.

From Washington Times • Apr. 15, 2022

Time was probably the source of the joke I was laboring to recount.

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson