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Example sentences for: labored

How can you use “labored” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

For nearly a year, while Bill Bradley labored to be taken seriously as a presidential candidate, Al Gore studiously ignored him.
Had the semi-educated computer experts who gave us programmed, programming, and programmer labored under any doubt about their ability to spell according to standard American practice, they might have looked it up in a dictionary or other source and got it right.
He cultivated a wanness in himself; he labored to locate the Canadian within.
Her selection continues the tradition of this award in recognizing those who have labored in the trenches, with little or no compensation but with great professional and personal satisfaction in helping to bring justice and equality to those who need it most."
It is certainly the end toward which Kubrick labored.