belabor

Example Sentences

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Not to belabor the point, but Don’t Panic.

From Scientific American

And they are all presented, in a belabored game-recognize-game metaphor, as players: The principal characters are given old-school avatars, and the movie’s many international locations are delineated using primitive video graphics.

From Los Angeles Times

The action begins to drag, the twists get more belabored and what played at first like a gleefully unapologetic exploitation-movie exercise threatens to become a late-breaking morality play.

From Los Angeles Times

Almodóvar doesn’t belabor the reference or its tragic significance; a viewer could easily miss it, which strikes me as part of his point.

From Los Angeles Times

Just don’t expect him to spend much time belaboring his team’s record.

From Seattle Times