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adjective

Definition of laborednext
as in manufactured

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verb

past tense of labor
as in struggled
to devote serious and sustained effort the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief

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Recent Examples of labored
Adjective
Some of the signs of overheating include heavy panting or drooling, a rapid pulse, bright red gums or tongue, labored breathing, difficulty standing, vomiting or diarrhea and a fever. — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 16 July 2026 No, what’s stuck in my head is Morocco’s Round of 32 victory over the Netherlands on the very last, labored breath of the match. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 6 July 2026
Verb
The circumstances of Saint Michael’s help while the pilgrim labored and delivered in the ocean were markedly different from those in the miracle ascribed to the Virgin. — Ellen O’Connell Whittet, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2026 Jaylen Wright labored all week, fighting his way back from a foot injury that sidelined him the previous game. — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for labored
Recent Examples of Synonyms for labored
  1. manufactured
  2. struggled
  3. strained
  4. worked
  5. contrived
  6. endeavored
  7. automatic
  8. toiled
Adjective
  • Sutley, a structural engineer at the University of Kansas, has brought manufactured homes, which were once called mobile homes, to Miami to destroy them.
    — Daniel Wolfe, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Once cleaned and prepared, the shells can be deployed in restoration sites as loose shells, in bags, or within manufactured wire reefs.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of manufactured
Verb
  • Right guard Jonah Savaiinaea struggled through his worst day of the season.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Now that the ice has been broken, there have been reports the company had struggled with changes to the itinerary.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of struggled
Adjective
  • That decision left the financially strained athletic department staring at a buyout of roughly $50 million.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Nov. 2026
  • The relationship between LaLiga and Real Madrid is beyond strained—see Tebas’ Nazi comments as an example—but on this two agreed that everyone involved had to bend the knee.
    — Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of strained
Verb
  • Kelly, who lost to High in the primaries and later worked full time for him, attributed the defeat to general discontent with the Democratic party.
    — Roger Simmons, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The reigning Academy of Country Music’s Entertainer of the Year, who was a rodeo cowboy in his youth, has worked with Justin Boots on a collection of men’s boots.
    — Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of worked
Adjective
  • Its frothy, pastel hues and single moment of contrived levity (when one dance claims a trumpet solo for a joke about jamming her toe) is one of those quintessential examples of Balanchine’s repertoire showing its age.
    — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
  • More bills in the G-string, like winning, like a casino, chance but something deeper, more contrived.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of contrived
Verb
  • Founded in 2019, Ant Design has long endeavored to develop more versatile multitools around swappable components.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Though eventually abandoned due to cost, this system of surveillance endeavored to equate producers with virtue.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of endeavored
Adjective
  • Non-metallic shells insulate metallic components, conductive feet provide grounding, and automatic cutoffs monitor temperature.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The Sacramento County District Attorney’s Office charged Hernandez Santana, 65, with firing a gun into an inhabited building, assault with a semi-automatic firearm and firing a gun in a grossly negligent manner.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of automatic
Verb
  • Everyone who wrote about the topic thereafter toiled in his shadow, and knew it.
    — Stephen Bates, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Before fish narc sounded like the second coming of the Lemonheads, Olympia, Washington songwriter Ben Funkhouser toiled as a producer and beatmaker at the forefront of the SoundCloud rap scene.
    — Jeff Yerger, Pitchfork, 19 Oct. 2026
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