Example Sentences

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But more importantly, somewhere in a data centre some hot computer servers were toiling away to make Action Figure Zoe.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2025

The group worked in SL1001, a bland building with a blue glass facade betraying no sign that dozens of lawyers inside were toiling to protect the interests of one of the world’s most influential companies.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2023

Then the ground shook and a plume of smoke emerged over the Androscoggin Mill in Jay, where about 200 workers were toiling away.

From Washington Times • Apr. 18, 2020

“Remember the words of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: ‘The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they, while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.’

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 19, 2019

In the boiler room, the men took turns manning the pumps to keep the water out, but they knew they were toiling for nothing.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong