How to Use backbreaking in a Sentence
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During the sawmill days of summer and the backbreaking task of winter logging, lumberjacks may find their work a chore and a bore.
—Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2019
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On fourth and 1, though, Dorance Armstrong jumped offside, giving the Mountaineers a first down that led to a backbreaking touchdown two plays later.
—Jesse Newell, kansascity, 23 Sep. 2017
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But groundbreaking science can come at a backbreaking price.
—Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2017
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The backbreaking restoration work earns him sympathy, as does his first exposure to the slashing winds of the region’s infamous mistral.
—Marilyn Stasio, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2017
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Unable to afford any other kind of fishing, Theophile ended up going into the nearby cane fields, taking the backbreaking work of processing sugar.
—Alec Jacobson, National Geographic, 3 May 2019
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Some have been pushed from their homes because of violence, or made to perform backbreaking work in dangerous environments, just to help their families survive.
—Jill Biden and Carolyn Miles, CNN, 31 May 2017
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For decades, agriculture in California has relied on immigrant workers, many of them here without legal status, for its most backbreaking tasks.
—latimes.com, 4 Jan. 2018
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Performed a cappella, the songs spin tales of mythologically mean prison guards, and loves and lives lost, and the backbreaking purgatory of unendingly repetitive physical tasks.
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2017
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Tiny homes are popular, especially because clearing larger lots is such a backbreaking process: Aside from having to gouge out holes for septic systems, homeowners must constantly battle back the jungle that closes in, fire ants in tow.
—Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 17 May 2018
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