laboriously
Example Sentences
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Laboriously, my teammates begin to haul me up, inches at a time, out of what nearly became my tomb.
From The Guardian • Jan. 8, 2019
Laboriously prepared by removing impure specks of glinting iron pyrite, it became ultramarine—as expensive, ounce for ounce, as gold, and so precious that it was initially reserved for depictions of the costume of the Virgin.
From The New Yorker • Aug. 27, 2018
Laboriously sawing wood on the Tariff at the special session last fall, the Senate struck a new and screechy knot�independence of the Philippines.
From Time Magazine Archive
Laboriously "Old Peppersass" puffed its way up the steep incline, reached the top amid cheers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Laboriously scratching letters in the earth with a stick—it seemed so long ago.
From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien
