'labor' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'labor' with 20 example sentences.
- labor noun
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: a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages
: productive work (especially physical work done for wages)
: concluding state of pregnancy; from the onset of contractions to the birth of a child
: an organized attempt by workers to improve their status by united action (particularly via labor unions) or the leaders of this movement
: any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
- labor verb
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: strive and make an effort to reach a goal
: work hard
: undergo the efforts of childbirth
The labor union called for a strike.
This rug was made without the use of child labor.
This company uses cheap labor to increase its profit margins.
Her kitchen is equipped with labor-saving devices.
After several hours of labor, she delivered a lovely healthy baby.
Industrial countries require a lot of skilled labor.
How much did you pay for the labor on this?
Child labor is a serious social problem in Brazil.
They will organize a labor union.
The judge handed down a sentence of five years hard labor.
We need to reduce labor costs.
The talk between labor and management yielded no definite results.
The mountains will labor, and a ridiculous mouse will be born.
This machine saves us a lot of labor.
The stated price does not include labor charges.
He did hard manual labor through the day.
Learning without thought is labor lost.
The repair bill includes parts and labor.
They saw little need for labor unions.
Jim was afraid of physical labor.