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- verb Present participle of
travail .
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Examples
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I always thought they were just reincarnations, and in the third part where time is travailing in space (time) he discovers he is a reincarnation.
The /Filmcast: After Dark - Ep. 22 (GUEST: Devin Faraci) | /Film 2008
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There appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
FROM THE CROSS TO PENTECOST T. D. JAKES 2010
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I will be travailing at least once with a translator.
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The day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night: and when men shall say, Peace, and all things are safe, then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as sorrow cometh upon a woman travailing with child, and they shall not escape.
Archive 2008-02-01 Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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The day of the Lord cometh as a thief in the night: and when men shall say, Peace, and all things are safe, then shall sudden destruction come upon them, as sorrow cometh upon a woman travailing with child, and they shall not escape.
Ash Wednesday . . . Old School Fr Timothy Matkin 2008
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That is, travailing through adversity and coming out victoriously on the other side.
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Chapter 12 1. And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: 2. And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
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The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children.
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I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.
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Rev 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
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