Concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child.
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Each morn that dawns I wake in travail and in woe, And
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The world is in travail, and its agitation waxeth day by day.
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The travail is already begun in you that will form the Christ.'
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He eliminates it with stern effort and much travail of the spirit.
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In such travail of soul, he who suffers through suffering is satisfied.
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Our friend is this day delivered from the womb of earthly travail.
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God called and qualified her for it by deep travail of spirit.
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His theology is only the travail of his soul, glowing and molten.
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But be of good heart; for we will not disappoint thy travail.'
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The travail was lasting too long, and they had no thoughts left.
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I could see, could almost hear, the travail of his honest soul.
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Deep within me, some motive, some purpose, was being born in travail.
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Aweary am I of life's toil and travail: he who like me
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When will the tranquil heart forget earthly travail wholly and for always?
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So he said to himself, By Allah, all my travail is lost!
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I'd hate to think time and travail had faded them, like mine.
