belaboring
Example Sentences
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“Seems to me like a total own-goal,” says Ms. Worsley, once again boiling the past down to its essence, without belaboring the ironies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 2, 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
Too often, the belaboring rebounds and you crash back to earth as ungracefully as Peter Pan.
From New York Times ● Apr. 19, 2023
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
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
