belaboring

Example Sentences

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“Seems to me like a total own-goal,” says Ms. Worsley, once again boiling the past down to its essence, without belaboring the ironies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Without belaboring the point, Howe provides abundant evidence to the contrary, arguing that imperialistic expansion was in the very DNA of the young republic.

From Salon • Jul. 26, 2025

And rather than belaboring the past, Dorfman suggests considering how the event or misstep affected your child and your family in positive ways.

From Washington Post • Aug. 9, 2022

It’s the script’s most ponderous motif and a reminder that Knight, as erratic as he is prolific, has a weakness for belaboring already blunt metaphors.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021

Too many connectives can make it seem as if an author is belaboring the obvious or patronizing the reader, and it can give prose a pedantic feel.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker