arduousness

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In the 1930s, however, radio — which was more transformative than what it paved the way for: television — became, Stirewalt says, a passively absorbed alternative to the comparative arduousness of literacy.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022

At the same time, the uncommonness of his big-picture analysis and the apparent difficulty of tracking down Cops’ more reluctant participants speak to their arduousness.

From Slate • May 24, 2019

Just as Gary Cooper’s pained performance in “High Noon” has been attributed to the star’s health problems, it is tempting to see Newman’s contemptuous iciness as enhanced by the arduousness of the shoot.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2015

The arduousness of the career and the elusiveness of its rewards result in some other common characteristics, which Johnson enumerates: determination, passion, and innovative thinking.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 16, 2014

The generosity of Roderick Anthony—the son of the poet—affected the ex-financier de Barral in a manner which must have brought home to Flora de Barral the extreme arduousness of the business of being a woman. 

From Chance A Tale in Two Parts by Conrad, Joseph