1. working hard; making great effort
Usage: present participle of ‘labor’
2. struggling with difficulty
Usage: present participle of ‘labor’

1. belonging to or characteristic of workers

Examples

• She was laboring over her math homework for hours.
• The construction crew was laboring in the hot sun.
• He was laboring under the false impression that the test was optional.
• The laboring class demanded better working conditions.
• The old engine was laboring up the steep hill.
• They spent the weekend laboring in their garden.
• The laboring population supported the new legislation.