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laboured
/ˈleɪ.bɚd/
adj 2
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4ADJ.
painful, slow, used
VERB + LABOURED
became, breathing, sounds, took
LABOURED + NOUN
hill
PREP.
up
Definitions
adj
1
Expressive of strenuous effort.
At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
At Par, 150207 is the unit for the 1416 to Newquay. It is quite tatty and lacks tables - but does have plug sockets. It sounds laboured as it leaves, and while it sounds like it's struggling as it tackles Luxulyan, it's not losing time.
2
Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.
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At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
Wiktionary02
At Par, 150207 is the unit for the 1416 to Newquay. It is quite tatty and lacks tables - but does have plug sockets. It sounds laboured as it leaves, and while it sounds like it's struggling as it tac
Wiktionary03
He laboured to restrain his desire to speak.
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I like his books, but you have to get used to his laboured style.
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My breathing became more laboured.
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We laboured up a hill.
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