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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
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 The recording of the voice-over was in a sense more of a labored experience than the filming. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 June 2026
Verb
Indiana National Guard soldiers labored in Hobart, Gary and Munster to clear trees and limbs to reopen streets. — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2026 That left it to mixed, where the PBR teams labored past Chicago’s youngsters in two close mixed matches to win 3-1 and move onto the next round. — Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 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
  • Some of those most in danger are the millions of Americans who live in manufactured housing like mobile homes and trailers.
    — Alejandra Borunda, NPR, 7 Sep. 2026
  • Helen Keller—or her manufactured image, at least—tended to be shining and sweet and noncontroversial.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of manufactured
Verb
  • The man's family has struggled to get any information from the hospital about his status or location, Lincoln-Goldfinch said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Last year, Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas’ office struggled with contractor Tyler Technologies to get money from county coffers out to districts.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of struggled
Adjective
  • Harris has a strained relationship with the party's progressive wing, which includes El-Sayed, and El-Sayed is eager to solidify establishment support during his campaign against Republican nominee Mike Rogers, a former congressman.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The nonfiction feature examines the filmmaker’s strained relationship with her father, an estrangement caused by his Oxycontin addiction.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of strained
Verb
  • Gerber worked as a model, including in 2018, at age 18, as the face of Calvin Klein Jeans’ global advertising campaign, along with his sister, Kaia Gerber.
    — Assistant Editor, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Capturing wave energy Simulations showed that the strategy worked across a surprisingly broad range of wave frequencies.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of worked
Adjective
  • While the former babysitter hiccup is ostensibly the obstacle for Emma and Charlie’s love story, Emma gets over it pretty quickly, and that speed bump is a little too contrived and minor.
    — Katie Walsh, Variety, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Scenes designed to advance the plot feel more contrived than ones in which characters just share thoughts and feelings, but there are plenty of those.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of contrived
Verb
  • Though eventually abandoned due to cost, this system of surveillance endeavored to equate producers with virtue.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Whatever people think of the film, it was endeavored to be made with purely with the process at its heart.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of endeavored
Adjective
  • Inside is Blancpain’s automatic caliber 615, introduced in 1995 and refined over the following three decades.
    — Taylor Stoddard, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Items like window coverings, outdoor lighting, storage sheds and automatic garage door openers all add economic value.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of automatic
Verb
  • While Vonnegut toiled in a malt syrup factory, several other prisoners were assigned to labor details clearing out the rubble left behind from the bombings.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Senior tight end Ryan Wynn may have toiled in the shadows a year ago during Oswego’s surprising run to the Class 8A state championship game but his impact didn’t go unnoticed.
    — Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of toiled

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“Labored.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/labored. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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