Before he left the next morning, while taking a pleasant walk with Miss Brooke along the gravelled terrace, he had mentioned to her that he felt the disadvantage of loneliness, the need of that cheerful companionship with which the presence of youth can lighten or vary the serious toils of maturity.
Go, Badger, order the Banquet, order what you like; then join our young friends outside in their innocent mirth, oblivious of me and my cares and toils.
Tom kept his ears open when idlers sauntered out of the courtroom, but invariably heard distressing news—the toils were closing more and more relentlessly around poor Potter.
Some days later, while stalking his prey in the forest, the Lion was caught in the toils of a hunter's net.
Even though toils lie in the way, success is at the other end.
The cloud shadows of midnight possess their own repose, , For the weary winds are silent, or the moon is in the deep: ,: Some respite to its turbulence unresting ocean knows; ; Whatever moves, or toils, or grieves, hath its appointed sleep.
With eight bloodshot eyes fixed on a flying object, the toils of a two-year project were about to bear fruit.
He toils until the wee hours, then loosens his tie and parties like there's no tomorrow.
Robert Bringle, quoted in Redbook They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
Rajib's mother used to be a sex worker and now toils in a handbag factory for just £30 a month.
