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  • verb Present participle of travail.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • I will be travailing at least once with a translator.

    Help I'm overwhelmed....... 2007

  • 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

  • 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

  • That is, travailing through adversity and coming out victoriously on the other side.

    The Obama-Palin dream ticket 2008

  • 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.

    Probably Just One Of Those Funny Coincidences 2006

  • 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.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • 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.

    Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report 2006

  • Rev 12:2 And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.

    More of What We're up Against - The Panda's Thumb 2006

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