belaboring
Example Sentences
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It’s a quality-of-life issue for Italians; Mr. Tucci acknowledges it without belaboring the issue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 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
