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vail
Plural
travails
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hard or painful work
- The artist's masterpiece was the result of years of hard travail.
- She faced significant travail in her journey to becoming a successful entrepreneur.
- The expedition endured physical travail while climbing the treacherous mountain.
- Writing the thesis was a laborious travail for the graduate student.
- The company overcame financial travail through strategic restructuring and innovation.
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the suffering endured during the process of labor and delivery
- She cried out in travail as the contractions grew stronger.
- The midwife comforted her through the long hours of travail.
- Her face contorted with the agony of travail, yet she remained determined.
- The room was filled with the sounds of travail, echoing the miracle of birth.
- Despite the travail, she welcomed her child with joy and relief.