How to Use arduous in a Sentence

arduous

adjective
  • He went through a long and arduous training program.
  • Seems as if finding four no votes to stop some of these picks is really going to take some arduous math.
    Tia Yang, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • This means they’re probably not suited to long road trips, but should be convenient for less arduous tasks.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2024
  • But that doesn't mean the upkeep is excessively arduous.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Her casting followed weeks of arduous physical tryouts to make sure Moss could handle the genre-changing stunts.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Planned Parenthood staff will also help those patients seeking surgery with the often arduous process that entails.
    Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Dec. 2021
  • Sometimes, patience is required as the journey to baseball immortality can be a long and arduous process.
    Wayne G. McDonnell, Jr., Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • The problem is that installing or changing overhead lighting is a time consuming and arduous commitment, and adding lamps to a room can take over too much precious floor space.
    Tamim Alnuweiri, PEOPLE.com, 11 Jan. 2022
  • Following her arduous recovery, Brittany's next steps came into clear focus.
    PEOPLE.com, 5 Jan. 2022
  • An already picky eater, those mere seconds of arduous chomping gave me nothing in return and only crystallized my sensitive disposition.
    Justine Lee, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2021
  • After an arduous struggle, St. Vincent nurses won their fight to be taken seriously as experts in patient care.
    Aparna Gopalan, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2022
  • The game marked the end of an arduous stretch for the Seawolves.
    Anchorage Daily News, 24 Jan. 2020
  • But for all the ground that’s been gained, the road ahead is arduous.
    Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2023
  • While the work can be arduous, the pups and their handlers have fun on the job.
    Sydney Page, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The work was arduous but Chamariya and the others did not mind it.
    Aarefa Johari, Quartz India, 1 July 2019
  • It is touted as the most arduous speed boat race in the world.
    Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Still, there are some signs that the road ahead may not be as arduous.
    Luke Money, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2021
  • The road from Afghanistan to Europe is long and arduous.
    Terry W. Hartle, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The arduous journey that the female eels had to make, for thousands of miles, back to the ocean to spawn.
    Okwiri Oduor, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • The process turns out to be long and rather arduous, but rewarding in the end.
    cleveland, 16 Dec. 2019
  • The process of trying to find someone to help him make the beer was arduous, too.
    Outside Online, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Nelson's road back to the major leagues has been arduous, to say the least.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 June 2019
  • The journey to the U.S. was so long and arduous it's taken on the hazy contours of a bad dream.
    Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The reunion was as joyous as the path to get there was arduous.
    Drew F. Lawrence, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Which team would the Ravens least want to see after their arduous climb back to the playoffs?
    Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 31 Dec. 2020
  • To sift through all of your archived photos from the 1990s seems like such an arduous task.
    Rachel Burchfield, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2022
  • The work at the restaurant also turns out to be arduous and the learning curve steep.
    Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 7 May 2018
  • Thus ends the long and arduous road for the live-action adaptation of the games.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 July 2024
  • Hilliard's journey has been long and arduous to get to this point.
    Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The arduous process of making the movie echoes the suffering that Grace experiences, including losing family, love, and friends in increasingly dark ways.
    Rafael Motamayor, IndieWire, 28 Nov. 2024

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