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Labouring in a sentence

Labouring | Labour | Labourers | Labourer | Laboured | Labours

Labouring meaning

present participle and gerund of labour

Synonyms of Labouring

Using Labouring

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of labour
  • Useful related words include: drudging, laboring, toiling, busy.
  • In the example corpus, labouring often appears in combinations such as: labouring under, the labouring, labouring to.

Context around Labouring

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Labouring

  • In this selection, "labouring" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, system, book, extent, outdoors, men and beds stand out and add context to how "labouring" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 22 and labouring with possession and are also labouring under growing. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "labouring" sits close to words such as aarons, abra and accelerations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with labouring

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Governments are also labouring under growing debt burdens. (8 words)

This has caused greater problems for the labouring masses. (9 words)

We would still have been labouring under British rule. (9 words)

I had been labouring under the assumption that the people in the jewelry-rattling seats were less respectful of events as they paced back and forth from the bar, while the real fans were to be found on the floor. (40 words)

Those being transported are thought to have paid up to £17,000 for passage by entering into a debt agreement – working off some or all of their fee by labouring in places like cannabis farms, on arrival. (37 words)

We went with another family, and they (the lucky bastards) had a camper van, from inside of which they watched us, hot tea and biscuits in their hands, labouring over our guy ropes in the howling wind. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

Biden, who said heat was the “number one weather-related killer” in the United States, causing 600 deaths every year, announced moves to bolster heat-related safety rules for workers, especially those labouring outdoors.

For her as a manager, often of labouring men, that means a more subtle - intelligent even - type of management than was the traditional macho, male way.

How we can go from beating Gillingham 3-0 away to then labouring to a 1-0 defeat at Walsall had everyone scratching their heads.

Italy are in their own 22 and labouring with possession before Ireland give away a penalty.

Mr Scalise had been labouring to peel off more than 100 votes, mostly from those who backed Mr Jordan.

The family birthing unit in Surrey serves a population larger than Vancouver, the letter states, and only has six antepartum beds in shared rooms, 32 labouring beds and 16 postpartum beds.

Those being transported are thought to have paid up to £17,000 for passage by entering into a debt agreement – working off some or all of their fee by labouring in places like cannabis farms, on arrival.

Governments are also labouring under growing debt burdens.

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His pal can then be seen manually operating a pulley system, labouring hard to turn a handle, which then raises the decorated tree from the home's basement.

However, David Severs in Northallerton points us to the highly regarded book Labouring Life in the Victorian Countryside by Pamela Horn, which was first published in 1976.

It is clear from the letter you have written you are still, to some extent, labouring under the illusion to suggest your mental state was such that you had no alternative.

While England were labouring to victory at the Stadio Olimpico, Ireland looked sensational in a crushing win over France in Marseille the previous evening.

Alberta Health Services insists there is plenty of room for labouring women in Calgary, and contingency plans are in place in cases where maternity units may fill up.

An artisanal metalworker, Barthélemy was a radical republican inspired by memories of barely a couple of decades ago when the ordinary labouring people of Paris had once "stormed heaven" in the era-defining French Revolution.

This has caused greater problems for the labouring masses.

We went with another family, and they (the lucky bastards) had a camper van, from inside of which they watched us, hot tea and biscuits in their hands, labouring over our guy ropes in the howling wind.

Hamilton now just 0.67 secs behind Vettel, who looks to be labouring on the medium tyres.

Information is not being communicated to the masses, particularly the highly vulnerable labouring classes and the poor, in a language they can understand and to help them with corrective action.

We would still have been labouring under British rule.

I had been labouring under the assumption that the people in the jewelry-rattling seats were less respectful of events as they paced back and forth from the bar, while the real fans were to be found on the floor.

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Common combinations with labouring

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "labouring" in a sentence?
An example: "Biden, who said heat was the “number one weather-related killer” in the United States, causing 600 deaths every year, announced moves to bolster heat-related safety rules for workers, especially those labouring outdoors." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "labouring" from authentic English texts.
What does "labouring" mean?
Labouring means: present participle and gerund of labour
What are synonyms of "labouring"?
Common synonyms of "labouring" include: drudging, laboring, toiling, busy.
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