Get to know Backbreaking better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like arduous or toilsome.
Backbreaking meaning
Of work, very physically tiring.
Synonyms of Backbreaking
Using Backbreaking
- The main meaning on this page is: Of work, very physically tiring.
- Useful related words include: arduous, toilsome, punishing, operose.
- In the example corpus, backbreaking often appears in combinations such as: backbreaking and, to backbreaking.
Context around Backbreaking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Backbreaking
- In this selection, "backbreaking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, paid, imposing, filthy, price, work and jobs stand out and add context to how "backbreaking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1 a backbreaking first down and despite this backbreaking workload robbins. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "backbreaking" sits close to words such as aaaa, abductees and abdulahi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with backbreaking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It’s filthy, backbreaking and dangerous work. (7 words)
Puddling was backbreaking and extremely hot work. (7 words)
But the work is poorly paid, backbreaking, and low in status. (11 words)
On the backbreaking fourth goal by Anaheim, he pinched in as the fourth offensive threat, but the puck rolled off his stick and the Ducks went the other way to essentially close out the game. (35 words)
Mr. Barqoushi’s wife, Sonia, and her sisters-in-law have resorted to backbreaking work on thriving big commercial farms north of Al-Ala, picking olives or harvesting wheat for $8 a day. (33 words)
But on third-and-8 from the Saints 36, with 2 minutes 30 seconds remaining, a pass-interference call on Giants cornerback Donte Deayon gave New Orleans (3-1) a backbreaking first down. (33 words)
Example sentences (12)
But the work is poorly paid, backbreaking, and low in status.
He said the Modi government was also guilty of imposing “backbreaking price rise, plunging the savings of ordinary people, while creating monumental economic disparity”.
It’s filthy, backbreaking and dangerous work.
Mr. Barqoushi’s wife, Sonia, and her sisters-in-law have resorted to backbreaking work on thriving big commercial farms north of Al-Ala, picking olives or harvesting wheat for $8 a day.
The Red Sox gave up five runs in the top of the ninth en route to a backbreaking 7-2 loss.
In fact, Fern doesn’t seem to mind the low-paid, backbreaking jobs she takes on—not even cleaning bathrooms at an RV park.
But on third-and-8 from the Saints 36, with 2 minutes 30 seconds remaining, a pass-interference call on Giants cornerback Donte Deayon gave New Orleans (3-1) a backbreaking first down.
On the backbreaking fourth goal by Anaheim, he pinched in as the fourth offensive threat, but the puck rolled off his stick and the Ducks went the other way to essentially close out the game.
Plowing and harvesting were backbreaking toil, but the peasant enjoyed anywhere from eight weeks to half the year off.
Despite this backbreaking workload, Robbins Landon and Jones (1988, 100) write: "Haydn's duties were crushing.
Lines traced over each woman’s back lead to the ground and then back up in a repetitive motion identical to their unending, backbreaking labor.
Puddling was backbreaking and extremely hot work.
Common combinations with backbreaking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- backbreaking and 3×
- to backbreaking 2×