Answer: labored

AnswerCrossword Clue
LABORED

Worked like a dog

LABORED

Contrived

LABORED

Did drudgery

LABORED
Toiled
LABORED
Worked hard
LABOREDWhat Gilliatt did in "Toilers of the Sea."
LABOREDDone with great exertion.
LABOREDNot natural.
LABOREDNot easy.
LABOREDDone with great effort.
LABOREDWorked.
LABOREDDrudged
LABOREDDifficult
LABOREDLacking spontaneity
LABOREDExpended effort
LABOREDUnnatural; stiff
LABOREDStrained
LABOREDStruggled
LABOREDWorked with great effort
LABOREDRequiring effort