belabor

Example Sentences

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That’s a big piece of this Vegas show without me nailing it on the head or belaboring the point.

From Los Angeles Times

In this case, the vice president’s belabored justification for his lie is that a tiny percentage of the trillion dollars in question — the price tag of GOP health care cuts — is spent on legal immigrants.

From Salon

Even at 72 minutes, “Good Boy” is belabored in the middle stretch.

From Los Angeles Times

Daisy began her journey at Downton Abbey as a belabored kitchen maid, but eventually the estate’s revered cook Mrs. Patmore took her under her wing.

From Los Angeles Times

But this exhibitionistic Oedipus is the star of the show’s unnecessary preface, a belabored warmup act that should have been cut in rehearsals.

From Los Angeles Times