Definition of Travail

to work hard or with a great deal of effort

Examples of Travail in a sentence

Since Scott was not a very good worker, nobody expected him to volunteer to travail to help the team meet the deadline.  🔊

The prisoners are expected to travail in the fields even in bad weather.  🔊

Despite all odds, Ellen managed to travail in her classes and graduate from high school on time.  🔊

Hopefully our football team will travail and come back and win the game.  🔊

Alan made the decision to travail during training so he would be invited to join the elite unit of soldiers.  🔊

Because Eric’s injury is very serious, he will need to travail in physical therapy if he ever hopes to walk again.  🔊

The firemen will have to travail all night long to extinguish the huge fire.  🔊

On Labor Day, we honor all those who travail at their jobs so we can live safely and happily.  🔊

Not everyone is willing to travail enough to become a famous actress.  🔊

If the workers travail for eight hours a day, they will have the house completed in a timely manner.  🔊

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