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Definition of Toiling
1. Adjective. Doing arduous or unpleasant work. "Toiling coal miners in the black deeps"
Definition of Toiling
1. Verb. (present participle of toil) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toiling
1. toil [v] - See also: toil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toiling
Literary usage of Toiling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"I can't be one of them if I must damn all the maids toiling in filthy kitchens,
all the ragged hungry children. And these women are to be my arbiters, ..."
2. Discovery of a Lost Trail by Charles Benjamin Newcomb (1900)
"toiling IN ROWING. And he saw them toiling in rowing, for the wind was contrary
... In the twilight of Galilee the fishermen were toiling when Jesus came to ..."
3. Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries by Mitchell Carroll, Alfred Brittain, Edward Bagby Pollard, Pierce Butler, John Robert Effinger, Hugo Paul Thieme, Hermann Schoenfeld, Bartlett Burleigh James, John Ruse Larus (1908)
"... working upon the raw materials of human comforts and luxuries, toiling
unremittingly and often under hard conditions for a mere pittance as compared ..."
4. Mother's Day: Its History, Origin, Celebration, Spirit, and Significance as by Susan Tracy Rice, Robert Haven Schauffler (1915)
"THE DEAR OLD toiling ONE BY DAVID GRAY* Oh, many a leaf will fall to-night As
she wanders through the wood! And many an angry gust will break The dreary ..."
5. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"... no less bold than those who are always toiling ; so that our country is worthy
of admiration in these respects, and in others besides. 40. ..."
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