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labor the point

VERB
emphasize
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accentuate affirm assert highlight indicate maintain point out reiterate repeat underline underscore
STRONG
accent articulate charge dramatize enlarge enunciate headline hit impress italicize mark pinpoint press pronounce punctuate spotlight weight
WEAK
bear down dwell on insist on limelight make a point make clear make emphatic make much of play up point up put accent on rub in
Antonyms
STRONGEST
deny
STRONG
lose mumble
WEAK
depreciate forget ignore play down understate
VERB
italicize
Synonyms
STRONG
accent accentuate affirm articulate assert charge dramatize enlarge enunciate feature headline highlight hit impress indicate maintain mark pinpoint press pronounce punctuate reiterate repeat spotlight stress underline underscore weight
WEAK
bear down dwell on insist on limelight make a point make clear make emphatic make much of play up point out point up put accent on rub in
Antonyms
STRONG
conceal deny hide ignore lose mumble neglect reduce

Example Sentences

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It is hardly necessary to labor the point that Jesus accepts the doctrine of the divine election of Israel.

From Time Magazine Archive

While ramsi officials labor the point that the intervention is a regional response, there's little doubt in anyone's mind that this is Australia's show.

From Time Magazine Archive

Also, though Author Fa� does not labor the point, Ben had little saintliness in his blood: in 1785 he had a great-grandson, the illegitimate son of the illegitimate son of his illegitimate son.

From Time Magazine Archive

This has been emphasized so often and from so many widely different standpoints that it may seem hardly necessary to labor the point here.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock

“You needn’t labor the point; it’s plain enough.”

From The Long Portage by Bindloss, Harold