Sentence examples for labor grew from inspiring English sources

Rebekah's labor grew heavy.

The population decline was so severe that the individual's labor grew more valuable, which enabled serfs to abandon their lords and become tenant farmers or urban workers.

Meanwhile in other European countries like Spain or Portugal, the cost of labor grew by 25%, according to estimates by Heinz Flassbeck, chief economist of Unctad, the trade organization of the United Nations.

Several years ago, Mr. Sweeney set a goal of unionizing one million more workers annually to make labor grow again, but federation officials say unions organized 400,000 workers last year.

The list of alarmed groups — neighborhood associations, water coöperatives, the labor unions — grew.

While other states lost workers, Oregon's labor force grew because people kept coming.

(In August 2008, the last month before the economic meltdown, the city's labor force grew by 7,500).

Meanwhile, until the financial crisis struck, labor participation grew faster in the United States than in other rich countries, including Germany, Sweden and France.

From 1996 to 2000, the labor force grew by 8percentt after steady losses in the early 1990's.

For the second consecutive month, the seemingly stumbling Hong Kong economy unexpectedly created jobs considerably faster than the labor force grew.

It was a lucrative niche, and Bloom's stature on Wall Street, and in labor circles, grew.