[
UK
/tɹɐvˈeɪl/
]
[ US /tɹəˈveɪɫ/ ]
[ US /tɹəˈveɪɫ/ ]
NOUN
-
concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
she was in labor for six hours -
use of physical or mental energy; hard work
he got an A for effort
they managed only with great exertion
VERB
-
work hard
Lexicographers drudge all day long
She was digging away at her math homework
How To Use travail In A Sentence
- The case has offered an insight into travails he faced running the family business and securing a successor. Times, Sunday Times
- Present receivings and comforts are consistent with a great many groans; not as the pangs of one dying, but as the throes of a woman in travail -- groans that are symptoms of life, not of death. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
- Of the third, S. Bernard saith: Three things there be that make the death of saints precious, rest of travail, joy of novelty, surety of perdurability. The Golden Legend, vol. 6
- Ÿ Travailler sur l'accompagnement à la mort pour dépasser la peur de la mort et accepter d'être en situation de risque. Archive 2009-04-10
- The recent travails of the England football team have finally proved too much to bear for the maker of their kit. Times, Sunday Times
- For those whose curiosity remains unassuaged, a recent CD "Les Travailleurs de la Mer", songs in Dgèrnésiais, is available - clips can be listened to online from Amazon: Languagehat.com: THE LANGUAGES OF GUERNSEY.
- Villa, for all their recent travails, have the infrastructure in place to challenge for honours. Times, Sunday Times
- Perhaps wisely given his own travails at the crease, he was not asked how to deal with slow left-arm. Times, Sunday Times
- Ma mere qui me sort "oh ben c pas grave si tu peux pas terminer tes etudes ben tu chercheras du travail tout court Pinku-tk Diary Entry
- The trinity of "liberté, egalité, fraternité" outlived those who had butchered in its name, and was deposed from the French currency only during the time of Vichy (which replaced it with the less sonorous "travail, famille, patrie"). Reactionary Prophet