belabor

Example Sentences

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Olsen: I don’t want to belabor the point, but I’m so curious about this.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 8, 2026

The reason to belabor this point is that precision matters.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

I won’t belabor the biographical details except to note that from his debarment in 1989 till his death in 2024, Rose tirelessly lobbied for reinstatement, and each time, the commissioner refused.

From Salon • May 24, 2025

“I think we came together as a region and realized that the investment wasn’t producing the results that we had hoped collectively, and we didn’t belabor the point.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

Yea, & the Rest, who will line up Tomorrow & belabor my Quill, tho’ they hear this Missive is already sent.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson