arduous
Example Sentences
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This elicited a flurry of protests, and Callaway again began the arduous task of quieting everyone down.
From Literature
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The chef has come a long way since he arrived in London after an arduous journey from Damascus with virtually no money in his pocket.
From Barron's
Meals feel less like a relaxing reprieve after long, arduous missions and more like a tension-filled calm before a storm you’re 100% certain is coming — and may very well take you with it.
From Salon
“The arduous reparation from the ravages of the pandemic are all but complete, with the shares now having exceeded the record highs achieved in 2018,” he said.
Digitizing it and syncing it up with audio was an arduous slog.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.