Tom took a labouring job, but he just couldn't hack it after a few days.
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Labouring
Synonyms for "labouring" (20 found)
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Noun(4 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (10)
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14 entriesactive labourdelivery phaseearly labourlabouring painsmanual labourmental labouroveremphasisprolonged labourreiterationskilled labourslogstrainingtoiltoiling
Collocations
16 entriesactive labourearly labourlabouring classlabouring motherlabouring overlabouring over detailslabouring painslabouring periodlabouring processlabouring to completelabouring to exhaustionlabouring under a misapprehensionlabouring under budget constraintslabouring under misapprehensionlabouring womanprolonged labour
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
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1 entriesSample sentences
3 total sentences available.
"But who are ye, pray answer? on what quest / come ye? and whence and whither are ye bound?" / Her then AEneas, from his inmost breast / heaving a deep-drawn sigh, with labouring speech addressed: / "O Goddess, should I from the first unfold, / or could'st thou hear, the annals of our woe, / eve's star were shining, ere the tale were told."
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Both hands are labouring the fierce knots to pull; / black gore and slime his sacred wreaths distain. / Loud are his moans.
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