Laboured example sentences
Related (6): strained, toiled, exerted, struggled, slogged, plodded
la·bor
[ˈlābər] ✕ Play
laboured (past tense) · laboured (past participle)
- work hard; make great effort:
- work at an unskilled manual occupation:
- till (the ground):
- have difficulty in doing something despite working hard:
- move or proceed with difficulty:
- (of an engine) work noisily and with difficulty:
- (of a ship) roll or pitch heavily:
- (of a woman in childbirth) be in labor:
la·bored
[ˈlābərd] ✕ Play
laboured (adjective)
- done with great effort and difficulty:
- (especially of humor or a performance) not spontaneous or fluent:
Synonyms
toil, struggle, strive, overwork, drudge, travail, moil, rest, relax, laze, strive, struggle, endeavor, work, fight, push, lurch, plunge, roll, reel, sway, rock, flounder, keel, list, wallow, pitchpole, strained, difficult, forced, laborious, heavy, awkward, easy, contrived, stiff, strained, stilted, forced, unnatural, artificial, mannered, studied, affected, overdone, overworked, heavy, ponderous, overelaborate, awkward, clumsy, inelegant, turgid, laborious, overwrought, unconvincing, convoluted, complex, intricate, ornate, elaborate, prolix, natural, Legal"Laboured" Example Sentences
Common Phases
1. He breathed; every intake of air was laboured.2. She spoke; her words were laboured and strained.
3. They walked; each step was laboured and slow.
4. He worked; every movement was laboured and deliberate.
5. She laughed; the sound was laboured and forced.
6. They ate; every bite was laboured and difficult.
7. He slept; his breathing was laboured and loud.
8. She ran; her movements were laboured and uncoordinated.
9. They climbed; each ascent was laboured and exhausting.
10. He lifted; the weight was laboured and heavy.
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