laboriously

Example Sentences

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The garden's collection has been laboriously reassembled after it had perished during World War II -- through decades of purchases, exchanges and numerous scientific missions that took Ivannikov's senior colleagues across several continents.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

The list of phrases has grown manually and laboriously to more than 5000 known “fingerprints” of potential misconduct.

From Science Magazine • May 31, 2024

For one, following the 2021 reopening of comedy venues, the entire industry clicked into the same two-year-ish cycle typical of laboriously honing material, filming, editing, releasing and promoting.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2023

Plus, it would be easier to just tie a rope around the stones, rather than laboriously chisel out a hole.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023

Around her, gulls screamed and pelicans flapped laboriously.

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George