laboured
/ˈleɪbərd/
adjective
- Done with great effort; not natural or relaxed.
- The writer's style felt laboured and hard to follow.
- She gave a laboured smile, trying to hide her exhaustion.
- His laboured breathing worried the nurse.
- Showing signs of hard work or difficulty.
- Her laboured steps showed how tired she was after the long hike.
- The conversation was laboured, with long pauses between words.
- The old tractor made a laboured sound as it climbed the hill.