toil
toil away

Parents toil away for 40 hours or more in the office.

And what have we to do with the lives of those who toil for us?

Those who have toiled within it understand this better than anyone.

For nearly two hours we toiled up and down, but without success.

He wants the seven board members and others who toil in the school system to get culture.

He paid no attention to me as I toiled to reach him.

We toiled like men afraid to speak to each other.

He toiled long hours, and devoted himself to Mother's needs.

I'd toiled for a year in my previous job without so much as a raise.

Those who toil for others usually feel that way about their employment.

Nonetheless we toiled on for a couple of hours or more.

All day under fire these men worked and toiled among the wounded.

For over an hour they toiled, until at last the wagon came to level ground.

He has at least a few bad words for nearly every servant who ever toiled in his government.

Until this week, the commission toiled with little public note.

He is not one to keep long hours and to pressure other executives to toil late.

About 200 production people toil on four floors of a 50,000-square-foot building.

No, we must toil for you even after Death has set us free."

They toil in all kinds of weather, every day but Sunday.

A woman with three small boys toiled uphill toward them.

He had toiled three years under that sun on the plantation.

The men toiled without speech across the face of the frozen world.

While the lilies of the field may not toil, those who put them there sure have to.

But he toiled hard at shaping his own image, and in fact it took only six years.

Night and day the road gangs toiled on the streets.

Parents toil away for 40 hours or more in the office.

They toil away for years on a single work.

They kept quietly toiling away until the second revolution of the mid-90's.

All those scientists toiling away, hoping people back on Earth would not lose interest.

They toil away, trapped in their plots and characters just as we are.

In my walks, I found that most people did seem to be toiling away at something or other to earn extra money.

I am a simple bureaucrat, like so many others who toil away their days and nights in Washington.

Even those who are still toiling away recognize that at some point they will have to throw in the towel.

Not the lovely station where you've spent God knows how many years toiling away in the service of the community!"

We toiled away and worked hard but didn't get our game going.'

Clemens, toiling away at his book, was, as usual, not without the prospect of other plans.

Indeed, she seemed content to toil away, hour by hour.

I have been toiling away in classrooms in four countries for 30 years.

He felt a horrible impotence toiling away in his belly.

Somewhere, someone is toiling away in a laboratory and will come up with the solution."

He gave me endless free refills of coffee as I toiled away.

Strange that so many scientists would be toiling away on a topic of secondary importance.

During the week, its members are peaceable men toiling away at mindless, working class jobs.

Jumping rope is boring, even with music and a companion toiling away alongside.

Which is why so many low-wage workers are toiling away at two jobs, or three, or even more.

The masons and their many workmen toiled away with vigor.

Perhaps it should end here, for else I condemn myself to becoming no more than a machine toiling away at the same endless task.

Just a sour old hack, toiling away at a script."

Nevertheless, she set to work and toiled away for three long days in the dust and dirt.

It was a sleepy Monday, and most of my friends were toiling away in Manhattan.