toiled, struggled, worked, strove, sweated, slogged, plodded, battled, soldiered, scrambled, trudged, fought, stuttered, stumbled, tried, wrangled, belabored, helped, scrabbled, yearned, agonized, persevered, went, managed, tramped, droned, sought, muscled, endured, shepherded, labouring, floundered, pressed, meandered, waited, huffed, lumbered, trekked, scurried, lugged, slaved, limped, relied, lingered, faltered, grappled, clung, hurried, backbreaking, perspired, longed, slumbered, languished, tended, sputtered, strolled, painstaking, failed, strode, attempted, raced, fanned, scraped, crawled, hustled, maneuvered, creaked, drudged, dogged, dueled, journeyed, sifted, walked, eked, raged, bumbled, badgered, coasted, hobbled, grunted, trooped, spluttered, proceeded, pedaled, flailed, trundled, churned, conjured, begrimed, groaned, jogged, overcame, cruised, faded, hammered, tormented, steamrollered, grumbled, knuckled, trotted, undid, bedeviled, puts, try, *, advanced, apologies, bad, beg, believe, cheap, con, cor, cos, depart, docs, downstairs, dying, far, flo, fumbling, get, laboured, forthright, masterly, jerky, stumbling, considered, convincing, unconvincing, apologetic, disingenuous, effortless, hesitant, methodical, succinct, unhurried, balletic, cogent, concise, faltering

dyspnea, dyspnoea, fight, gasp, pant, ponderous, struggle, unamusing

awkward, effortful, heavy, strained