Example Sentences

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Many will toil on projects for years with minimal payout.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2025

I will toil away, toil away with a bigger smile pasted on my face.”

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2021

If nothing else, AOL Time Warner will toil in a media environment that's undergoing a whirlwind evolution.

From Washington Post • Jan. 11, 2000

The men will toil in isolation, separated from their families, the outside world and, increasingly, Nowak.

From Time Magazine Archive

They are the ones who will toil in the glorious and difficult days that lie ahead, and they must now fit themselves to be worthy of their future high responsibilities and duties.

From The Light of Divine Guidance (Volume 1) by Shoghi Effendi