belabor

Example Sentences

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The reason to belabor this point is that precision matters.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

“I think we came together as a region and realized that the investment wasn’t producing the results that we had hoped collectively, and we didn’t belabor the point.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 15, 2024

“I do not think it is necessary to belabor the point, not even now, but I hope there will be good news soon.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Despite the tense exchange between the judge and Kise, Suarez continued to belabor the process.

From Salon • Oct. 4, 2023

Yea, & the Rest, who will line up Tomorrow & belabor my Quill, tho’ they hear this Missive is already sent.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson