How to Use painstaking in a Sentence

painstaking

adjective
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  • The book describes the election process in painstaking detail.
  • Filling in these blanks was a painstaking effort for the team.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • For those that are, the painstaking work of being preserved can take years.
    — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Mar. 2023
  • First the painstaking process of pipetting into tiny wells.
    — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2022
  • This painstaking method has changed the game and helped NCA stand out in such a crowded industry.
    — Tyler Giroud, USA TODAY, 23 Feb. 2024
  • What used to take years of training and painstaking hours of work can now be done with only a few taps of a keyboard.
    — Rahul Raj, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2023
  • After more than a decade of painstaking work, Wisk Aero’s flying taxi is ready for the market.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Gazing down at the memorial, Krauss recalled the painstaking process that led to the opening.
    — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The all-electric Rolls and the painstaking conversion process are covered in Momoa’s new show, On the Roam.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
  • It was found only after a dogged shipwreck hunter kept up the painstaking hunt.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Much of this is largely due to Cameron's painstaking recreation of the titular ship.
    — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The whole design process takes five painstaking years, from initial drawings to the vessel’s launch.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Tracking down derelict boat owners is a painstaking process.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In New Orleans, that work is a painstaking mix of water testing and digging through old records.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
  • That concern led to two years of painstaking work to map the seafloor with laser and sonar scanners in an attempt to increase their odds of success.
    — Nancy Averett, Scientific American, 2 Jan. 2024
  • This is a painstaking process that involves careful study of how the actor uses his face, as well as how to blend the edges of the prosthetics.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Even more painstaking for Cincinnati is the fact that its rushing offense (81.0 rushing yards per gamer) is ranked the third-lowest in the league.
    — Mohammad Ahmad, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Acquiring Hebrew, the language of his new home, was a slow and painstaking process for Appelfeld.
    — Elena Lappin, Washington Post, 6 July 2023
  • O’Brien appreciated the painstaking care even at the time.
    — Melissa August, Time, 23 Dec. 2022
  • Can painstaking artists like Selick swim in today's streamscape?
    — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Makkai shrewdly sets much of her book in 2018, a point in the arc of #MeToo that felt defined by the painstaking revision of one’s memories.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2023
  • In the midst of this painstaking work, her drinking intensified.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 24 Apr. 2023
  • While the results are in a sense spectacular, the point of this kind of painstaking work is not to draw attention to itself.
    — Darryn King, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The painstaking preparations were put in place after wind gusts blew chaos into the 1997 parade.
    — Winnie Hu Emma Rose Milligan, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The film details the painstaking process of finding and interviewing sources, as well as the challenges survivors faced in choosing to go on the record.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Settling on a Christmas tree theme can be as painstaking as landing on a gift idea for the dad who has everything.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The work was painstaking — the restorers asked the contractors to bring them the hooves that had been attached to the plaza, but they were damaged beyond repair.
    — Curbed, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Preparations took painstaking hours as hair was coiffed, and when needed, beards, were applied and trimmed.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The agreement, which is the product of long and painstaking negotiations, is expected to easily pass Congress.
    — Robert Jimison, New York Times, 20 Mar. 2024
  • So volunteers have fanned out across the country and performed the painstaking work of gathering tens of thousands of signatures from everyday citizens.
    — Will McDuffie, ABC News, 14 Mar. 2024

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