toil
IPA: tˈɔɪɫ
noun
- Labour, work, especially of a grueling nature.
- Trouble, strife.
- (usually in the plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.
- (UK, employment) Initialism of time off in lieu (of monetary compensation for overtime).
verb
- (intransitive) To labour; work.
- (intransitive) To struggle.
- (transitive) To work (something); often with out.
- (transitive) To weary through excessive labour.
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Examples of "toil" in Sentences
- Why are they toiling there
- Workers toiled late at night.
- The slaves toiled even in winter.
- They get paid highly after they toil.
- The group toiled to get the good grade.
- The workers toil at the construction site.
- Here manual labour is a drudgery and toil is slavery.
- I had to toil hard to get the required permission for the shoot.
- Drop the emotional blackmail and hard works and years of toiling.
- He emphasized strongly the need for effort and toil and denounced idleness.