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Admittedly belaboring the point, that chain — cases to hospitalizations to deaths — is not only intuitively obvious but also predictable.
THE PANDEMIC’S DEATH TOLL IS A TSUNAMI ANYONE COULD SEE COMING — IF THEY LOOKEDPHILIP BUMPDECEMBER 3, 2020WASHINGTON POST
He threw his right arm upward as if to escape a blow, but the old dame did not belabor him.
THE DRAGON PAINTERMARY MCNEIL FENOLLOSA
An old woman, standing by our camp, continued to belabor a good-looking young man for hours with her tongue.
MISSIONARY TRAVELS AND RESEARCHES IN SOUTH AFRICADAVID LIVINGSTONE
The northerners strike the back of the rim with their sticks, while the Yukon people belabor the face of the drum.
THE DANCE FESTIVALS OF THE ALASKAN ESKIMOERNEST WILLIAM HAWKES
Presently, when the couch was a wreck and Bob had Frank over his knees and was preparing to belabor him, Jack interfered.
THE RADIO BOYS WITH THE REVENUE GUARDSGERALD BRECKENRIDGE
An old man stood up and began to belabor the frightened animal.
THE RAINY DAY RAILROAD WARHOLMAN DAY
Like lubberly monks, we belabor our own shoulders, and take a vast satisfaction in the music of our own groans.
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She snatched a bamboo to belabor the girl, and in chasing her knocked over the pun of pots aforesaid.
ACROSS CHINA ON FOOTEDWIN DINGLE
And if she limped a little, she no doubt owed that to the poor woman, whom old Macquart used to belabor with blows.
L'ASSOMMOIREMILE ZOLA
They got mad at my stumbling over them, took away my parcel and began to belabor me.
RALPH ON THE ENGINEALLEN CHAPMAN
WORDS RELATED TO BELABOR
- amplify
- be intemperate
- belabor
- bite off too much
- do to death
- drive oneself
- exaggerate
- fatigue
- go overboard
- go too far
- hype
- lay it on
- magnify
- make federal case
- not know when to stop
- overburden
- overestimate
- overindulge
- overload
- overplay
- overrate
- overreach
- overstate
- overtax
- overtire
- overuse
- overvalue
- overwork
- pile on
- pressure
- puff
- run into the ground
- run riot
- strain oneself
- stretch
- talk big
- wear down
- wear oneself out
- amplify
- be intemperate
- belabor
- bite off too much
- do to death
- drive oneself
- exaggerate
- fatigue
- go overboard
- go too far
- hype
- lay it on
- magnify
- make federal case
- not know when to stop
- overburden
- overestimate
- overindulge
- overload
- overplay
- overrate
- overreach
- overstate
- overtax
- overtire
- overuse
- overvalue
- overwork
- pile on
- pressure
- puff
- run into the ground
- run riot
- strain oneself
- stretch
- talk big
- wear down
- wear oneself out
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