Crossword clues for toiling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Toil \Toil\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Toiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Toiling.] [OE. toilen to pull about, to toil; of uncertain origin; cf. OD. teulen, tuylen, to labor, till, or OF. tooillier, toailler, to wash, rub (cf. Towel); or perhaps ultimately from the same root as E. tug.] To exert strength with pain and fatigue of body or mind, especially of the body, with efforts of some continuance or duration; to labor; to work.
Wiktionary
n. Hard work. vb. (present participle of toil English)
WordNet
Usage examples of "toiling".
Thrusting, toiling, wailing, moiling, Frowning, preaching--such a riot!
Zethus on his shoulders was lifting the peak of a steep mountain, like a man toiling hard, and Amphion after him, singing loud and clear on his golden lyre, moved on, and a rock twice as large followed his footsteps.
As soon as a woman first finds herself a mother she can no longer continue toiling at a factory.
All the fasting, all the toiling of the past three days had done nothing.
Mine was not the spirit of tireless philanthropy, which could go on toiling for the benefit of the race without enthusiasm yet without cessation--ohne Haste, ohne Raste--till the worn frame and wearied mind lapsed simultaneously.
They were prepared, even if they found in Hereward Pole a toiling unsuccessful man, discouraged by ill fortune, and despairing of the long-desired goal, yet straining onward as through the dashing wave and gathering storm the seaman gazes at the swaying symbol, to stand by the promise made to him.
Adam had persuaded and argued with the persistence of the toiling ant, but to work his way with Virey seemed to demand the swoop of the desert hawk.
It took labour, greater even than toiling through a sandstorm, or across a sun-scorched waste to a distant water-hole.
He would attend to safe stepping stones for a few rods, then halt to lift his gaze toward that white-shirted man toiling up like a crippled ape.
The fugitive heard, turned from his toiling, slid to a seat on the precarious slope, and waited.
His thirty-five years of wandering and enduring and toiling were over, and life had suddenly loomed beautiful and enchanting.
Him for the inestimable gift He offered them, and for a life passed in toiling for their good, by nailing Him upon the cross, as though He had been a slave or malefactor.
It honors the strong muscle, and the manly nerve, and the resolute and brave heart, the sweating brow, and the toiling brain.
He looked along the deck, glaring at the sight of his men toiling to get all they were due aboard, a task which should by now have been completed.
He did not see the malevolent looks aimed at his back, from officers and men alike, who had been toiling like Trojans since before first light, and felt they had the right to see that acknowledged.