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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
After a few minutes of labored breathing, Spencer stopped moving. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 25 June 2026 During the previous Alabama nitrogen executions, the inmates shook, pulled at the restraints and exhibited labored breathing. — Kim Chandler, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Verb
Debby labored and gave birth in our bedroom under a bright full moon and snow outside; Felix arrived right into my hands. — Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026 About 2,700 engineers labored on the project. — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 June 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
  • The twister shoved a porch several feet from its manufactured home, according to the report.
    — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026
  • Its role is to expose wrongdoing, illuminate facts, and draw the world’s attention to crimes committed in the name of false causes and manufactured justifications.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Definition of manufactured
Verb
  • The 17 passengers and crew who lived told investigators everyone survived the landing, but many passengers struggled to locate life vests and the crew had a difficult time pulling out life rafts.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
  • Brayden Burries, Bucks While most of the vaunted crop of rookie guards from the NCAA ranks struggled, Burries was a glaring exception.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of struggled
Adjective
  • Pitcher Stephen Kolek will seek a second opinion on his strained right flexor, and outfielder Kyle Isbel is on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
  • These nations, highly dependent on food imports and lacking adequate climate finance, are experiencing rising food prices and strained supply chains.
    — Jamie Hailstone, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of strained
Verb
  • The next season was wiped out to the NHL’s lockout, and when the league relaunched, the new rule changes worked against players like Hatcher.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 July 2026
  • Astros right-hander Bryan Abreu worked a perfect ninth for his sixth save.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Definition of worked
Adjective
  • The look manages to be on trend without being too contrived.
    — Selene Oliva, Glamour, 12 June 2026
  • Whereas Heineman’s film used its incredible access to the central couple to capture moments that come across as beautifully and uncomfortably intimate and unstaged, Bergh (The Greatest Love Story Never Told) uses his access to make everything pretty and entirely too contrived.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2026
Definition of contrived
Verb
  • Years later, a second producer endeavored to make a movie of Sebold’s memoir.
    — ProPublica, ProPublica, 14 July 2026
  • When Disney+ first launched, the House of Mouse endeavored to make its streaming platform the new home of all things Star Wars.
    — Chris Snellgrove, Entertainment Weekly, 21 May 2026
Definition of endeavored
Adjective
  • In this study, the system focused on scene generation and automatic evaluation rather than continuous self-retraining after every mistake.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 July 2026
  • Nearly one in five participants raised their savings rate, largely through automatic increases.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Definition of automatic
Verb
  • Unable to play with any fluency, Argentina toiled and Messi was peripheral.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • As Pa, Ma, Mary and Laura toiled to make Independence their new home, a combination of unfortunate setbacks brought them to set out on this journey all over again.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 July 2026
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