Belabored definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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Let us be diverted by none of those sophistical contrivances wherewith we are so industriously plied and belabored -- contrivances such as groping for some middle ground between the right and the wrong, vain as the search for a man who would be neither a living man nor a dead man -- such as a policy of "don't care" on

—Complete Project Gutenberg Abraham Lincoln Writings

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In a strange moment of synchronicity, there was also Diane English's long-belabored remake of George Cukor's 1939 classic ensemble comedy, — SF360
"The breeze of enlightenment that comes off his movies feels belabored, laden with meticulous details that, if you think about them even just the tiniest bit, essentially mean nothing," writes Stephanie Zacharek. — GreenCine Daily
The much-belabored Motorola checks in at #4 at 8. 5\% for the year; compared to 14. 2\% in — Gadgetell
He disrespectfully, to play on a word he inversely belabored, and patronizingly portrayed the concerns of Arabs and Muslims are those than can be addressed by simply changing the economic conditions in the region. — - Latest Popular Stories, Instablogs Community
Part 1, I meandered a bit but one point I belabored was that the United States under Obama will refer to China as a "currency manipulator." — Libertarian Blog Place