Synonyms for moil

Grammar : Verb

Spell : moil

Phonetic Transcription : mɔɪl

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Définition of moil

Origin : "to labour in the mire" [Johnson], c.1400, from Old French moillier "to wet, moisten" (12c., Modern French mouiller), from Vulgar Latin *molliare, from Latin mollis "soft," from PIE *mel- "soft" (see mild). Related: Moiled; moiling.

verb labor

Example sentences :

And why should men toil and moil when they had been the masters of the world?
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

I'll juist tak' a leuk at the grave, moil, gin ye'll hae an ee on the dog.
Extract from : « Greyfriars Bobby » by Eleanor Atkinson

Toil and moil every day from your first breath to your last, and what good does it bring you?
Extract from : « Joyce's Investments » by Fannie E. Newberry

Why, then, toil and moil for mere vanities that we must leave behind us?
Extract from : « Bonaparte in Egypt and the Egyptians of To-day » by Haji A. Browne

There were people who were rich; people who did not have to toil and moil—people who lived in plenty.
Extract from : « Wang the Ninth » by Putnam Weale

Ah, I do not wonder you love this morning hour, when beauty reigns supreme, before the toil and moil of the world has begun.
Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

If Eugene is not a success amid the toil and moil of business, he shines out pre-eminently on such occasions as these.
Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas

Blame them not, if for a time their limbs forget their toil and moil and their hearts their pangs and sorrows.
Extract from : « Bushido, the Soul of Japan » by Inazo Nitob

He had forgotten the calm and tranquil region that stretched beyond the moil and anguish of the strife for gain.
Extract from : « Gordon Keith » by Thomas Nelson Page

But moil not too much under ground; for the hope of mines is very uncertain, and useth to make the planters lazy, in other things.
Extract from : « Essays » by Francis Bacon

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