Definition of Toilsome
something that involves a great deal of effort or hard work
Examples of Toilsome in a sentence
Plowing an entire field is quite toilsome, but even though it is hard work farmers have to do it all the time. 🔊
Movers and packers engage in the toilsome work of moving furniture out of your house, but they are paid fairly well to do all of that heavy lifting. 🔊
If you are an especially lazy individual, you will probably find any level of work toilsome, even though sweeping the front porch isn’t really all that difficult. 🔊
Sometimes mowing the lawn is easy, but if you have an especially large yard you might find that task a lot more toilsome. 🔊
The most toilsome job I can think of is pulling weeds out of the garden in the blazing hot afternoon sun of Georgia. 🔊
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