belabor

Example Sentences

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The reason to belabor this point is that precision matters.

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That’s a big piece of this Vegas show without me nailing it on the head or belaboring the point.

From Los Angeles Times

Even at 72 minutes, “Good Boy” is belabored in the middle stretch.

From Los Angeles Times

Daisy began her journey at Downton Abbey as a belabored kitchen maid, but eventually the estate’s revered cook Mrs. Patmore took her under her wing.

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But this exhibitionistic Oedipus is the star of the show’s unnecessary preface, a belabored warmup act that should have been cut in rehearsals.

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