How to Use laborious in a Sentence

laborious

adjective

• The combat is turn based and laborious, just like the old days.
  — Matthew Gault, Time, 9 Mar. 2020
• Gomez and his crew don’t press the masa by hand, a process too laborious for a busy restaurant.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2022
• The process of getting them on at like, six in the morning, was too laborious.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2021
• This sci-fi RPG is a laborious game chock full of side quests.
  — Jess Grey, Wired, 25 Nov. 2020
• But the processing takes time and has been laborious in the heat.
  — Megan Stringer, San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2022
• To me, this sort of laborious eating is not a means to an end but the whole point itself.
  — Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 21 Mar. 2023
• When that method proved to be too laborious, Gray launched an open sale.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2019
• At night, the routine is a tiny bit more laborious — but nowhere near twelve steps.
  — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 4 Oct. 2022
• The more laborious the cooking process is, the more delicious a dish must be.
  — Bettina Makalintal, Bon Appétit, 15 Dec. 2021
• This sci-fi role-player is a laborious game chock-full of side quests.
  — Jess Grey, Wired, 29 Nov. 2020
• The formation of the Pakistan Air Force was to be a slow and laborious business.
  — Raghvendra Singh, Quartz India, 9 Aug. 2019
• That might be because the work is considered by many to be the most laborious and menial part of tech.
  — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 21 May 2024
• And here’s the best part: forget all those hours of laborious churning.
  — Paul Stephen, ExpressNews.com, 24 June 2020
• While still hanging from the loop of its tail, the slender snake then began the laborious process of swallowing the gecko whole.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2021
• The initial leak of five million files grew to nearly twelve million, from the same source, and the work of sorting through it was laborious.
  — The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2021
• Not long before that, Citrin had gone through the laborious task of renewing his lease, a process that took a year-and-a-half.
  — Andy Wang, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2021
• The bad news: the treatment is laborious and not entirely risk-free.
  — Christiane Gelitz, Scientific American, 4 May 2023
• From that laborious point, a 10-3 run closed out the second set and Bel Air’s dominance spilled into the third.
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 7 Sep. 2023
• Even fat-tire bikes would get bogged down in the ruts or struggle on the inclines, and all of it would be laborious for hikers or horses.
  — Eric Barton, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2020
• So brace yourself for the laborious, hope-depleting work of shopping for the best gifts for him or the most unique Christmas gifts for her.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 6 Dec. 2022
• Following the laborious 40-pitch first, Sanchez settled in and didn’t allow a run for the rest of his outing.
  — Isaac Azout, Miami Herald, 19 May 2024
• But the process is slow and laborious, and drugmakers simply can’t keep up.
  — Angus Chen, STAT, 2 June 2022
• If a knife gets dull and the job becomes more laborious, someone can whip out a handheld sharpener, put on a new edge and get back to the task at hand.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 18 Nov. 2019
• There was nothing wrong with Roger, but talking to him was laborious.
  — Thomas McGuane, The New Yorker, 3 May 2021
• The harder, more laborious work of constituent services doesn’t do much for him.
  — Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Feb. 2021
• But the work is laborious and can typically only add one new amino acid at a time.
  — Robert F. Service, Science | AAAS, 3 June 2021
• But for mail balloting, the process is much more laborious.
  — Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Oct. 2020
• Amending the constitution is a laborious process and a rare event in France.
  — Barbara Surk, Fortune Europe, 4 Mar. 2024
• Marino and his team of 30 artists started the laborious process by taking digital scans of both Klum and Kaulitz’s bodies and faces.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
• But syncing up isn’t something Washington does so often, and even when the legislative and executive branches are held by allies, the system is designed to be laborious.
  — Evan Clark, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024