laboriousness

Example Sentences

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Which is why, this December, I tried a different tack: investing in a trio of simple tools that promised to up my cookie game while dialing down its laboriousness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Since she’s doing everything online right now, it wouldn’t surprise me if her fine motor skills have lagged some, which is probably contributing to the laboriousness of her writing.

From Slate • Mar. 18, 2021

The recent live versions of “Peter Pan” and “The Sound of Music” on NBC had their own kind of laboriousness, and so did the musical drama “Smash,” which ran for two seasons on NBC.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2015

Neither offers nourishment, but both give a window into lived experience by presenting its opposite, the key being the handmade laboriousness of Lichtenstein’s cool, handsome obfuscation.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2012

Why," he added, "I was reading a book the other day, the life of Fitzherbert, you know, who was a man of prodigious laboriousness, who died early, worn out.

From Father Payne by Benson, Arthur Christopher