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travail
[ truh-veyl, trav-eyl ]
noun
- painfully difficult or burdensome work; toil.
Synonyms: ,
- pain, anguish or suffering resulting from mental or physical hardship.
Synonyms: ,
- the pain of childbirth.
verb (used without object)
- to suffer the pangs of childbirth; be in labor.
- to toil or exert oneself.
travail
/ ˈٰæɪ /
noun
- painful or excessive labour or exertion
- the pangs of childbirth; labour
verb
- intr to suffer or labour painfully, esp in childbirth
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of travail1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of travail1
Example Sentences
The central character was conjured out of a deeply personal source—namely, the travails of Stephen King’s mother, Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King.
Hanley is 33 years old and with his travails in club football he has every reason to believe that his time is running out.
Written by Samy Burch, the film follows the travails of the desert denizen who is tired of being slammed with Acme products as he tries to outsmart the Roadrunner.
Despite Wales' travails over the past 18 months, World Cup winner Matt Dawson says England must expect a backlash at the Principality Stadium.
The immediate threat, of course, is less to the American public than to the freed attackers’ families, friends and associates whom they blame for their legal travails.
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