slaving

present participle of slave

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of slaving Maybe entrepreneurship to you means slaving away behind a laptop, answering to clients, suppliers and team members. Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025 After two years away on loan while Leeds were slaving away in the second tier, the winger has returned to find his old No 11 shirt in Brenden Aaronson’s possession. The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 Defined by exhaustion from slaving away at the ironing board while confronting the latest family crisis, Angela is quite capable of whipping up baloney sandwiches with mayonnaise for all and functions as a wise-cracking, big-hearted den mother. Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slaving
Verb
  • With The Fulfillment, the sub-context is how clout culture is a currency, how attention itself has become a currency, just like our laboring bodies are.
    Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 19 Sep. 2025
  • While such a scenario sounds potentially maudlin and manipulative, Lucero — who wrote the film from a personal place — never allows that to happen by making the characters complex and flawed, and laboring under real-life issues.
    Randy Myers, Mercury News, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Maybe new additions will boost a struggling position group.
    Antonio Morales, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The ever-paranoid Ally believes all of these headscratchers are part of a Trumpian conspiracy that's out to get her, but audiences were left struggling to connect the dots.
    James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As the son of Hades relentlessly striving to escape from the underworld, failure sends players back to the start; but never empty-handed.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Though the status quo may provide good results, researchers are constantly striving for something better.
    Sheldon Jacobson, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The department is working with an independent monitor to implement reforms and improve accountability.
    Monroe Trombly, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • To promote what executives described as modern ways of working, Elanco changed blueprint plans several times over the course of half a decade.
    Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Slaving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slaving. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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