Term Gallery logo

Meanings of laboured at in English

We have no meanings for "laboured at" in our records yet.
Usage of laboured at in English
1
In the meantime, great numbers of men laboured at the walls.
At the Point of the Bayonet: A Tale of the Mahratta War
2
On the south and west sides the enemy still laboured at their fortifications.
The Siege of Kimberley / Its Humorous and Social Side; Anglo-Boe...
3
How he had toiled and laboured at the desk before him!
The Hill of Dreams
4
How often, at that moment, he laboured at some future Spectator!
Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
5
I laboured at one thing and another, sometimes engaging in the most menial employments.
The Stories of the Three Burglars
6
Indeed, not one, but several poets laboured at this task.
Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine
7
So in turn the philosophers laboured at their problem.
Modern Religious Cults and Movements
8
I roared to Job to back water, whilst I dragged and laboured at my oar.
She
9
How carefully he had laboured at his own destruction.
The Divine Fire
10
Who can tell how poor was their food while they laboured at their daily toil?
The Chronicle of the Canons Regular of Mount St. Agnes
11
He laboured at a job, long or briefly, till it was finished; and then moved on.
Jude the Obscure
12
The win against England seemed laboured at times.
The South African
13
All night the troops laboured at this task.
The Lion of the North: A Tale of the Times of Gustavus Adolphus
14
Geoffrey said no more, but laboured at the broken paddle gallantly and with an ever-failing strength.
Beatrice
15
All day she laboured at her many tasks.
The Heart of Unaga
16
He had laboured at the detailed plans, wrestled with measurements to scale, until his eyes ached.
Adventures in Many Lands
This collocation consists of:
Laboured at through the time
Laboured at across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common