arduousness

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In the 1930s, however, radio — which was more transformative than what it paved the way for: television — became, Stirewalt says, a passively absorbed alternative to the comparative arduousness of literacy.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022

Just as Gary Cooper’s pained performance in “High Noon” has been attributed to the star’s health problems, it is tempting to see Newman’s contemptuous iciness as enhanced by the arduousness of the shoot.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2015

The arduousness of the career and the elusiveness of its rewards result in some other common characteristics, which Johnson enumerates: determination, passion, and innovative thinking.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2014

The Smith Island Baking Company, the only bakery on Smith Island, has proclaimed itself “the #1 Dessert Company in the World,” and assuming they’re judging on a scale of arduousness, I have to agree.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2014

Though not comparing with the arduousness of field service, our duties were by no means slight.

From Reminiscences of two years with the colored troops Personal Narratives of events in the War of the Rebellion, being papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers and Sailors Historical Society. No. 7, Second Series by Addeman, Joshua M. (Joshua Melancthon)