arduousness

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But her defensiveness speaks to the arduousness of this kind of revelation, the fact that it is going against not just entrenched power structures, but some formidable internal dictate of decorum or pride.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2021

But pulling off this kind of funny business is tricky: A “39 Steps” production needs to suggest the arduousness of theatricality without making its theatricality feel arduous.

From Washington Post • Feb. 18, 2020

At the same time, the uncommonness of his big-picture analysis and the apparent difficulty of tracking down Cops’ more reluctant participants speak to their arduousness.

From Slate • May 24, 2019

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 generosity of Roderick Anthony—the son of the poet—affected the ex-financier de Barral in a manner which must have brought home to Flora de Barral the extreme arduousness of the business of being a woman.

From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph