Sentence examples for Toiled for many years from inspiring English sources

Marx had toiled for many years on his own unseen masterpiece, and throughout this long gestation his customary reply to those who asked for a glimpse of the work-in-progress was identical to that of Frenhofer: "No, no!

His accession to the Norton chair at Harvard, whose previous occupants include Eliot, Stravinsky and Borges, confers an ultimate cathedratic blessing, especially gratifying to one who has toiled for many years under some obscure, perhaps imagined, condescension, meted out early on.

It then toiled for many years building games on its own teen-focused destination site and then on Facebook before taking its Pictionary-like game Draw Something to iOS and Android a little over a month ago.

TAGSYS is in many ways the archetypal RFID company: toiling for many years, making gradual progress, but still waiting for its core markets to reach critical mass.

You toil for many years in relative obscurity and suddenly you become an overnight sensation.

STEVEN PAUL LEIVA was kidnapped by Hollywood in his twenties, and toiled there for many years as a producer and writer, working with the great and the not-so-great, who were often, oddly, one and the same.

In this regard, for those of us who have toiled in CFIUS matters for many years, the arrival of FIRRMA has had a rather remarkable impact: once thought of as almost a cloak and dagger operation, CFIUS has become close to being a household name (that is, at least within the international investment community!).

He likely toiled over this novel for many years, a large amount of those spent in the brainstorming phase, whether he knew it or not.

For many years I toiled at the Bar, until an Angel came unto me in a dream and commanded me to go hence and do Good Work.

Even though Adrian Benepe, the current parks commissioner, has toiled in the department's trenches for many years, he remains almost unknown two years after being appointed by Mayor Bloomberg to the top job.

When it came time for William to retire, two aspirants to his office assumed the public stage: one by the name of Albert, who had toiled in the shadow of William for many years; the other by the name of George, who wished to avenge the slights done his father by William many a year before.