laboured

US labored

/ (ˈleɪbəd) /

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adjective

(of breathing) performed with difficulty

showing effort; contrived; lacking grace or fluency

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

His boss, who he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Derived forms of laboured

labouredly or US laboredly, adverblabouredness or US laboredness, noun

Words nearby laboured

labor unionist, labour, Labour and Socialist International, labour camp, Labour Day, laboured, labourer, labour exchange, labour-intensive, labourism, labourist

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How to use laboured in a sentence

Ripperda accompanied this unexpected refusal, with a laboured epistle to his imperial friend.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
The tops of the hills were laden with thunder-clouds, and the turbid atmosphere laboured with the stifling Sirocco.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
"But it was n't a lie," Punch would begin, charging into a laboured explanation that landed him more hopelessly in the mire.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
He placed the paper on the table, and, ere he read a syllable, he laboured to compose himself.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various

She would stand behind a boulder or a hedge, and would watch him while he laboured in the field.
Skipper Worse|Alexander Lange Kielland