laboured
adjective
1. of an action that is difficult to perform.
- a labored style of debating
Similar word(s): awkward, labored, strained
2. requiring or showing effort
- the subject made for labored reading
Similar word(s): effortful, heavy, labored
Sentences with laboured as an adjective:
- At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of labour