He had labored long and hard to wall off that part of his life.

The food was meant for men who labored hard from dawn to dark.

There was little sense in not having a bit of diversion after he had labored long and hard during the day.

Though they had labored long and hard in the rock, it took but an hour or so to reach his destination.

He'd gone gray faced and labored hard for his breath.

Having labored hard over this warm body, I had no intention of losing it.

It was half an hour into town and the air-conditioning labored hard against the baking heat outside.

He had labored hard to make sure they had that opinion of him.

Others who had labored hard for three, four, five decades became overnight sensations.

A perfectionist to the core, he labored hard over his poetry.