Labored

The car labored up the hill.

He labored to complete the work.

They labored over the budget for the fiscal year 1997.

They labored in the factories.

They labored like slaves.

They labored day after day.

It would have to be something like this: And God will say to me: "You are a failure. What was your mission? Why your laughter?" I will reply "I comforted the slaves who labored." And God will hark, and weep thereafter.

Tom's breathing was labored.

The creaking of the masts; the straining and groaning of bulkheads, as the ship labored in the weltering sea, were frightful.

The team of choreographers labored over designing a routine.