Toilsome is an English word with synonyms like arduous or punishing. Below you'll find 1 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Toilsome in a sentence
Toilsome meaning
Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.
Synonyms of Toilsome
Using Toilsome
- The main meaning on this page is: Requiring continuous physical effort; laborious.
- Useful related words include: arduous, punishing, operose, laborious.
Context around Toilsome
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 1 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Toilsome
- In this selection, "toilsome" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, particularly stand out and add context to how "toilsome" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include proved particularly toilsome. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "toilsome" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with toilsome
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As he had not played trumpet for the better part of three years, regaining his famed embouchure proved particularly toilsome. (20 words)
As he had not played trumpet for the better part of three years, regaining his famed embouchure proved particularly toilsome. (20 words)
Example sentences (1)
As he had not played trumpet for the better part of three years, regaining his famed embouchure proved particularly toilsome.