How to Use arduous in a Sentence

arduous

adjective
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  • He went through a long and arduous training program.
  • And for some, including many of the elderly, the exit journey would be too arduous.
    — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Streets had been closed off, cops milled around, and sanitation workers stood by, ready to start the arduous cleanup process whenever the event was over.
    — Caroline Tien, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Whether those peptides could have survived their arduous trek from space and contributed meaningfully to the origin of life is very much an open question.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2022
  • After the severe weather passed through, many residents began the arduous process of recovering from the damage inflicted.
    — Joe Sutton and Travis Caldwell, CNN, 7 Mar. 2022
  • Speaking of sound, noise-canceling headphones are another key player in a joyful journey—investing in a good pair will make any sojourn less arduous, not to mention comfier for your eardrums.
    — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Vogue, 12 Feb. 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
  • 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
  • And those inspired to hike up Gros Piton can arrange to do the arduous climb with a guide.
    — Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 31 May 2024
  • Those surveyed shared that the process to secure a new role has been arduous for them.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The arduous process can stretch over more than a year and has many phases — the stages of homelessness.
    — Written By Nikita Stewart; Photographs By Sam Hodgson, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2018
  • Sheriff’s Deputy Doug Johnson was one of the only deputies able to make the arduous trek up to the crash site.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The writing of one’s life story in book form can be an arduous task.
    — Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2017
  • The arduous case, for the most part, hinged on whether the cube had been attached to a wooden pallet, Garza said.
    — Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 6 Oct. 2022
  • However, designing proteins is an arduous, time-consuming, expensive trial-and-error task.
    — Megan Carnegie, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024

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