| 单词 | belabor |
| 例句 | It was the holy hymn taken from the bone and sinew of the family’s life together, the anthem of both their discontent and strange belabored love for their way of life. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Too many connectives can make it seem as if an author is belaboring the obvious or patronizing the reader, and it can give prose a pedantic feel. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z It took me quite a while to find the stairs and I was belabored of breath once I climbed them. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Yea, & the Rest, who will line up Tomorrow & belabor my Quill, tho’ they hear this Missive is already sent. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Then they could hear it coughing and whining on its single belabored engine. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We would rather run the risk of confusing them while at least appearing to be sophisticated than take a chance at belaboring the obvious while striking them as naive or condescending. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And none seem to hold off these devils who wish to belabor us with their tethers and paddles and speeches on the rights of man. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Yet “Peppermint” is a belabored exercise in lazily constructed déjà vu, without the grit or stylized ham of predecessors it so baldly steals from. Review: ‘Peppermint’ Is Neither Sweet Nor Good 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z The Die Hard sequels have belabored the point, as sequels do, but they don’t really undermine the first film. We don't need a Die Hard 'origin' story 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Finding sporting metaphors in “Love’s Labor’s Lost” — in which talk of competitive games abounds — is a simpler task, and this version sometimes belabors the obvious. | 'Love?s Labor?s Lost': ?Love?s Labor?s Lost? at Public Theater - Review 2011-11-01T02:01:01Z Ellams’s script doesn’t belabor that match as a connective point, and it doesn’t need to. Review: ‘Barber Shop Chronicles’ Offers an Exhilarating Sanctuary 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z Yes, much in this long evening seemed gratuitous and belabored, but it was undeniably thrilling to see this legendary actor throw herself into each of her roles with almost feral abandon. Review: ‘Phaedra(s)’ Goes Psycho With Isabelle Huppert 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z The virtual aide is one of the story’s belabored eccentricities, and it feels like a dodge. ‘Where’d You Go, Bernadette’ Review: She’s Hiding From Herself 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Not to belabor the obvious, but when you’re writing about streaming services, you discover a lot of them — and then find a whole lot more. Acorn TV, Urban Movie Channel, Shudder: Exploring Fringe Caves Online 2017-04-21T04:00:00Z “Robot & Frank” isn’t especially funny, though it tries hard to make you laugh, particularly with a belabored subplot involving Frank’s former bad habits, which he tries to revive with the help of the robot. Movie Review: Frank Langella in ‘Robot & Frank’ 2012-08-17T15:03:02Z Back when “Idol” was a watercooler sensation, the finales would belabor the suspense over the final reveal. ‘American Idol’ Ends With One Final Argument Over the Winner 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z It may be unfair to belabor the comparison, but you could plausibly label it Chekhov Lite. | 'The Forest': Dianne Wiest Tries ?The Forest? at Classic Stage 2010-05-07T03:50:00Z Sure, his utility in the film may be solely the setup of a belabored Breaking Bad parody. Unseen on screen: the secret movie cameos you might not know about 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z Something about Hollywood's tendency to belabor and oversimplify its points doesn't mesh well with the genre; these films thrive on ambiguity and moral relativism. Scarecrow Video recommendations for "The Ides of March" 2011-10-05T13:18:05Z She teaches the vets to breathe with deliberation, a version of meditation I won't belabor. For the healthy, safe and secure, the coronavirus shutdown is also an opportunity to let go 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z Leiby does not belabor her own privilege, and her story gains power from that choice. When an Abortion Story Is Told as a Caper, Thriller or Farce 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z Not to belabor the soiree analogy, but this Boston-based psychiatrist and co-founder of the Trauma Research Foundation is a serious party animal. Does a Writer Ever Get Cozy on the Best-Seller List? Bessel van der Kolk Says No. 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z The standoff between the two men, then, is a rich vein that the filmmakers mine for no more than cheap, excruciatingly belabored gags. Review: ‘Why Him?’ Better Yet, Why This Movie? 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z But if there’s a theme in “The Personality Brokers,” woven throughout and never belabored, it’s that the self is more slippery than we allow. ‘The Personality Brokers’ Conjures the Mother and Daughter Who Helped Us Think of Ourselves as Types 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Is it possible to find a positive review of this movie that doesn't belabor the fact that it stars four women? Our ‘Ghostbusters’ Review: Girls Rule. Women Are Funny. Get Over It. 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z I don't want to belabor the point, I'm seeking clarification. Just the tips: "How To Build a Sex Room" host wants to spice up your life with sensual design 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Although the script does not belabor the point, the show does not stint on the science. Adler's new sky show blends fact with fantastic 2011-07-06T22:13:00Z “If there’s a theme in ‘The Personality Brokers,’ woven throughout and never belabored, it’s that the self is more slippery than we allow.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z I don’t belabor the first line of my plays. How to Craft an Opening Line to Electrify a Theater Audience 2012-10-28T04:10:05Z I knew from my own coming out that it didn’t mean you wanted to belabor it, so I followed Todd’s lead, and the rest of the dinner was professional chitchat. The Tallest Man I Ever Loved 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z They rarely advance the narrative, instead marking time between plot points or belaboring the key theme of family bliss. | 'The 101 Dalmations Musical': Dogs Real and Not Flee Cruella at Madison Square Garden 2010-04-11T22:04:00Z ‘The Anthem’ It’s complete folly to adapt Ayn Rand’s wooden novella “Anthem,” a belabored paean to individualism, as a straight stage drama. Theater Listings for June 27-July 3 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Taking pains to establish Daniel’s culinary gifts without belaboring them, the writer and director, Jesse Zigelstein, allows us brief respites — as when Daniel wordlessly butchers a hog — from his antihero’s rage. ‘Nose to Tail’ Review: Cooking Monster 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The plot strands, of course, eventually intersect; faith plays a part in both, but not to a belabored degree. Review: ‘Freedom’ Stars Cuba Gooding Jr. as a Slave Fleeing to Canada 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Tell her a piece of good news, such as a job promotion, and her first impulse is to belabor how bad job security is, how much hard work managing people might be, etc. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: You and your constantly negative mom may have more in common than it seems 2019-06-23T04:00:00Z I doubt I need to belabor the point: There is one 2016 presidential candidate who has prospered beyond anyone’s wildest dreams by constructing just that kind of narrative, albeit an especially shapeless and nonsensical one. Is Donald Trump a new Hitler? Hannah Arendt might argue that they’re closer than you think 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z And so “Trespass” becomes a belabored, often laughable melee of sound, fury and unnecessarily frenzied cinematography in which everyone yells, screams and threatens while any sense of dread quickly drains away. | 'Trespass': ?Trespass,? With Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman - Review 2011-10-13T23:47:25Z But because he doesn’t belabor his ideas, he also doesn’t linger visually. ‘R.M.N.’ Review: A Bleak Diagnosis for Romania 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z Like all good parables, "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" doesn't belabor its point or become preachy. “Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom”: The best “Jurassic” sequel delivers a strong animal rig... 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z Yet there are few traces of that satirical bite in "One Slight Hitch," a nostalgic and belabored farce that brings to mind Neil Simon comedies, "The Philadelphia Story" and "Father of the Bride." Lewis Black's comedy 'One Slight Hitch' lacks his signature bite 2012-06-18T17:32:03Z But even at just an hour, with its scenes spliced together tightly, “The Ugly One” belabors both its jokes and its ideas. Theater Review: ?The Ugly One,? a Satire About Beauty, at Soho Rep 2012-02-08T03:00:00Z At the same time, Sloane’s crew belabors their belief that gals need a guy to survive. ‘Holidate’ Review: That Special Seasonal Someone 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z That said, it would be churlish to belabor the exhibition’s failings. Critic?s Notebook: Paris Rediscovers Monet?s Magic at Grand Palais 2010-10-05T01:41:00Z If the entertainment seems belabored in places, the audacious cleverness of these twisted high jinks never fails to impress. 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder' kills it at the Ahmanson 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z Fluctuating between the minor daily occurrences of Kun’s life and his touching sojourns into the past and the future, Hosoda’s film privileges moments of emotion over belabored story mechanics. ‘Mirai’ Review: A Charming Animated Trip Into a Family’s Past 2018-11-29T05:00:00Z “I don’t want to belabor that point, but that band was very much a product of the neighborhood,” Rifkin said of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. A Walking Tour of Manhattan’s Rock ’n’ Roll Past: the 2000s 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The “crystalline pieces” of this book, Sehgal says, offer “a sense, never belabored, of the stakes of creating essays and the consolations of loving them.” 10 New Books We Recommend This Week 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z A shrewd point about forced reconciliations got belabored in a manner that was itself coercive. David Dorfman and Korhan Basaran Troupes at BAM Fisher 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Certain ominous cues, including a heartbeat, seem belabored. Review | The park setting of ‘In the Middle of the Fields’ is compelling but can’t make up for the sliver of a plot 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z We don’t belabor it, but we made sure that you got the sense that he’s had a tough journey. Randall Park’s directorial debut is an ode to flawed Asian Americans 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z She makes the case, without belaboring it, that these women were lost long before they were dead, “collateral damage, easy pickings for a serial killer.” 'The Grim Sleeper' is the story of the South L.A. serial killer and the women who were his victims 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z It also suffers from a surfeit of theories — some incontrovertible, some astute, some belabored. ‘Mark Twain’s America’ and ‘Huck Finn’s America’ 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z I don't want to belabor them in that way. How Dustin Hoffman's Off-Screen Family Influences His Acting 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z There were no program notes at either event belaboring the point that Venice owed much of its cultural riches to its deep engagement with the Ottoman Empire. A Musical Handshake Spanning Centuries: Venice in New York 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z The last 45 minutes of "Western Society," scattershot, self-indulgent and belaboring, felt like a trial. Gob Squad jesters reel in REDCAT audience with mixed results 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z A little bit of this goes a long way, and the playwright is perhaps too faithful to his precedents, belaboring the living-room brutality in much the same way Letts does in "August." 'Appropriate' unearths ugly family dynamics in epic dramatic fashion 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z She tends at times to press too hard, plunging down rabbit holes of forehead-wrinkling psychological conjecture, as in her belabored analysis of the artists’ relationships with their families. Books of The Times: ‘Balanchine & the Lost Muse,’ a History by Elizabeth Kendall 2013-07-29T21:09:20Z The connection between the girl’s bad dream and the writer’s actual experience feels belabored at times, and it isn’t the only misstep. Review | Johannes Anyuru’s latest novel is an award winner in Sweden. If there’s any justice, some of that success will cross the Atlantic. 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z Painstaking extraction of each detail, including the emotions of F.B.I. agents calmly doing what they should and of a wife who resents her husband’s just prosecution, feels belabored and inessential. “Public Official A,” Reviewed: The Sins of Rod Blagojevich Are the Sins of Our Time 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z “Democrat Bill Clinton was impeached for lying under oath,” she noted, without belaboring about what. Judith St. George, writer who gave children a sense of history, dies at 84 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z “It’s important in life not to belabor disappointment,” he said. Antiques: ?Auction Hunters? and Other Buy-and-Sell TV 2010-10-21T21:30:00Z Because it's not new, there is little need to belabor the set. L.A. Opera opens season with flat, clumsy 'La Traviata' 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z Instead, every plot point is belabored, and every line of dialogue is aggressively exaggerated. Theater Review: ‘Let’s Kill Grandma This Christmas’ at St. Clement’s 2012-12-05T21:59:34Z Rather than belabor his qualifications, he just injects country attitude into his songs about other things. For Luke Bryan and Blake Shelton, You Can’t Teach an Old Country Bro New Tricks 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z And though a starting point was the Araki photographs of bound women, he didn’t belabor the reference. | Fashion Review: Women?s Wear - NY Fashion Week - Review 2011-09-11T21:55:13Z The film, unfortunately, is repetitive, the message belabored. 'Finding Joe': This journey lacks some bliss 2011-10-27T20:15:06Z But rather than belabor plot similarities or inconsistencies, it is worth viewing this as an opportunity to see two late masterpieces of a great composer, like back-to-back performances of Verdi’s “Otello” and “Falstaff.” Review: Iphigenia Travels From Aulis to Tauris (and Back Again) on Brussels Stage 2009-12-16T07:25:00Z In Shondaland dialogue — especially that of “Scandal” — belaboring the point is the point. In ‘Year of Yes,’ Shonda Rhimes shares tips from her own enlightenment 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z I won’t belabor this because if you read my columns, you know where I stand. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: You can’t make me eat these foods 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z But all of these efforts go on far too long and Julie wears out your patience, as does Hogg’s emphasis on this belabored interlude. ‘The Souvenir Part II’ Review: Life, as She Imagines It 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z But we'd decided years before not to belabor farewells, so the departing traveler would head to the airport by shuttle. My father loved epic solo road trips. But for his final journey, we all came along 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z If there’s a theme in this book, woven throughout and never belabored, it’s that the self is more slippery than we allow. Times Critics’ Top Books of 2018 2018-12-04T05:00:00Z A lot of the drawings in the book, it would be belabored to explain them. Demetri Martin's new book of drawings is 'If It's Not Funny It's Art.' Do we have to pick? 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z The screenplay belabors the meaning of those initials, one of which is “butterscotch jelly beans.” Movie Review: ‘Grudge Match’ Stars Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro 2013-12-24T16:51:42Z Mr. Issacharoff said he didn’t want to belabor the occupation — and suggested that “even for Palestinians, it’s boring.” ‘Fauda,’ an Israeli TV Hit, Lets Viewers Escape — Into the Conflict 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z But the point is not belabored; the next few moments find David painfully embarrassed of his Supreme flower pants. This Brand Could Be Your Life: David Shapiro’s “Supremacist” 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z First, the innovations in fabrics were not belabored, as they sometimes were in the past. On the Runway Blog: Into the Woods with Balenciaga 2012-09-27T12:10:58Z Thinking of works like theirs, and a singular performance like Comer’s, I won’t belabor the compromises of “Prima Facie.” Review: In ‘Prima Facie,’ Jodie Comer Makes the Case 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z The talk is supplemental, and anyway it’s out of earshot for most everyone, especially those making the decisions we belabor and bemoan and laud and thrash. Sports fandom doesn’t have to be miserable 2013-04-15T16:45:00Z But the videos were merely belaboring the central point of her performance: The naïf has become a boss. Bruno Mars closes out Rock in Rio festival with a bang 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z To belabor the point, Mr. Mankell writes of Wallander’s feeling “as if he were turning into an hourglass with the sand silently running out.” Books of The Times: Detective Meets His End, Sort Of 2011-03-27T22:37:55Z Save for a belabored sprinkler drenching the well-manicured lawn that fades into a lightly wooded area, and some wry, lachrymose songs blasting from my car stereo. Sitting in front of David Berman's old apartment in the middle of the night 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z Graham sufficiently connects the vitriol between Buckley and Vidal with the contempt, and worse, that dominates the airwaves now, but you slightly recoil when someone belabors a point. Review: In ‘Best of Enemies,’ a TV Duel Becomes a Theater Gem 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z I talked last week about the grace and gravitas with which Considine has anchored “House of the Dragon” from the beginning, so I won’t belabor it again here. ‘House of the Dragon’ Season 1, Episode 8 Recap: Calamitous Ambition 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z His mother is skeptical; Leonardo is also blind, which the movie wisely doesn’t belabor. ‘The Way He Looks,’ a Debut for a Brazilian Director 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z No need to belabor the point of how monumentally inadequate the Mariners’ offseason acquisitions were. Texas-Arizona World Series showcases what could have been for Mariners 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z To further belabor the point, PFF assessed Witherspoon as having 39 coverage snaps but being targeted just twice and allowing no receptions. Seahawks rookie Devon Witherspoon is best cornerback in NFL, according to Pro Football Focus 2023-10-24T04:00:00Z That may mean Seattle is technically “exceptional,” but that word has a positive connotation, and nothing about this belabored process makes the city look good. While Seattle fumbles, other King County cities take decisive action on drug legislation | Editorial 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Smith doesn’t belabor who these people are, but it’s easy to tell they were rich and famous and a little bit scandalous. What Zadie Smith's new Dickensian delight tells us about the Trump base 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z He belabored the point, suggesting unambiguously that it was time to redistribute land and wealth. The day Martin Luther King and James Baldwin came to Beverly Hills 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z Scholars studying the conspiracy theories these people fall for sometimes belabor the issue of whether they really "believe" such crackpot notions. The GOP's heart of darkness: Why Ron DeSantis can never beat Donald Trump 2023-05-20T04:00:00Z I made sure they knew I wasn’t interested in belaboring the crime and that I wasn’t trying to sensationalize what happened to her. 'I cried a lot for her family': What it's like to tell stories of murdered Indigenous women 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z For the sake of belabored argument, though, let’s say your mistakes are bigger than you make them out to be, and his responses are kinder and more proportionate. Advice | Carolyn Hax: Partner sends ‘short, mean messages’ when he’s upset 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z If that sounds like a pat irony on paper, it doesn’t play that way onscreen, in part because Zlotowski, taking her cues from her heroine, belabors nothing. Review: An outstanding French drama explores the joy and pain of 'Other People's Children' 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Not to belabor the point, but Don’t Panic. Don't Panic: The Valentine’s Day 2046 asteroid will not hit Earth. Here’s why. 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z And they are all presented, in a belabored game-recognize-game metaphor, as players: The principal characters are given old-school avatars, and the movie’s many international locations are delineated using primitive video graphics. Review: ‘Tetris’ will just really make you want to play Tetris 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z I’ve thought about the fact that, for $36, you can buy latex gloves with hot-dog fingers on the A24 website, in reference to one of the movie’s more belabored sight gags. The Oscars' best picture is a great milestone in search of a great movie 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z He cited time constraints and a desire not to belabor the discussion of voting machines. Analysis | Two key episodes that highlight Fox News’s legal problems 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z The action begins to drag, the twists get more belabored and what played at first like a gleefully unapologetic exploitation-movie exercise threatens to become a late-breaking morality play. Review: The enjoyably grisly 'Cocaine Bear' is nothing to sniff at 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z I’m leaving out myriad details that are belabored in extraneous musical numbers. Review: Why the new intergalactic musical 'Come Get Maggie' is light-years from being ready 2023-02-15T05:00:00Z “You want to edit the footage in a way that makes the point but doesn’t belabor the point,” Whitaker said in an interview. News organizations grapple with showing horrific Nichols, Pelosi videos 2023-01-28T05:00:00Z It requested that the party “not belabor or try to overturn old elections.” Election losses only deepen Arizona Republicans’ insistence on fraud 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z Polley doesn’t belabor these questions; she knows that asking them is enough, and her confidence in her own economy is startling. All the 2023 best picture Oscar nominees ranked, from worst to best 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z I don't think there's any need to belabor the point: We all know what Donald Trump is at this point. Worst Republicans of 2022: It's just so hard to choose! 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z SORKIN: Can we go back for just one second, and I apologize for belaboring this point, but we were talking about FTX and the derivative piece of it earlier. Transcript of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Interview at the DealBook Summit 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z And rather than belaboring the past, Dorfman suggests considering how the event or misstep affected your child and your family in positive ways. Why we feel ‘mom guilt’ — and how to stop 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Most concerning for researchers like Mr. O’Neill is the dog’s flat face, which can belabor its breathing. Never Mind Your Wallet. Armed Robbers Want Your French Bulldog. 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z “Not to belabor these points, but nearly everyone I see on LinkedIn posting about being laid off worked on diversity, equity and inclusion across the company,” Dionne, a former magazine editor, tweeted last week. After layoffs at Neflix, questions mount over diversity efforts 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z History has shown that his point of view about the lack of difference between the two parties was unfortunate, but I didn’t think I needed to belabor that point. Not a fan of America in the Darkest Timeline? Blame Florida and the year 2000 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z Of the question with which many Republican candidates are belabored by unreconciled constituents — “Who won the 2020 election?” — she says: “Nobody asks me.” Opinion | Underestimating Lisa Murkowski is a half-baked idea in Alaska 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z As his speech stretched on past an hour, Mr. Trump’s rhetoric grew more pointed, and his attacks on the news media more belabored. Trump Says He Would Consider Pardons for Jan. 6 Defendants if Elected 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z Green didn’t belabor New Orleans’ off night shooting from 3-point range, instead emphasizing his team’s ability to overcome it — and Ingram’s absence — with effort and teamwork around the basket. Graham, Valanciunas push Pelicans past Pacers, 117-113 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Almodóvar doesn’t belabor the reference or its tragic significance; a viewer could easily miss it, which strikes me as part of his point. Review: 'Parallel Mothers,' with a superb Penélope Cruz, is Pedro Almodóvar at his best 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z Just don’t expect him to spend much time belaboring his team’s record. Locksley views bowl as ‘first step’ for Maryland 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z It’s the script’s most ponderous motif and a reminder that Knight, as erratic as he is prolific, has a weakness for belaboring already blunt metaphors. Review: Kristen Stewart's 'Spencer' continues the Diana-ssance. But don't call it a biopic 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z “I’m worried,” Mr. Desrosiers said of his son, whose tiny nostrils are filled with oxygen tubes that sustain his belabored breaths. Gangs Rule Much of Haiti. For Many, It Means No Fuel, No Power, No Food. 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z It’s not the kind of phone you can whip out of your pocket to pay for something or snap a pic; everything is much more belabored. Microsoft Surface Duo 2 review: Duo-over or strike two? 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z Sometimes the comedy is belabored, and the musical spoofing occasionally hits a sophomoric note, as when the Kander & Ebb classic “New York, New York” becomes “no pork, no pork.” Review: Liza plus Aristophanes equals the bedazzling camp of 'Lizastrata' at the Getty Villa 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Even more concerning, weeds are evolving resistance mechanisms that can defend against multiple different herbicides aimed at multiple different target sites — to belabor the metaphor, an entire key ring. Attack of the Superweeds 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z They do not like to belabor their parentless life. ‘What Do I Do Next?’: Orphaned by Covid, Two Teens Find Their Way 2021-05-29T04:00:00Z I don’t mean to belabor my indignation; I generally review movies, not release strategies. Review: ‘The Disciple’ is already one of the year’s best movies. Does Netflix know — or care? 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z I urge the malcontents to look at the whole picture and forget the many individual issues whose main use is simply to belabor the other side. Opinion | What the SALT deduction means for the middle class 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z “I don’t want to belabor it. But when the decision was made, we made it with some clarity and conviction.” Gavin Newsom’s pandemic year: Mistakes, progress and political jeopardy 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z I don’t intend to belabor here the adjustments in our personal and communal lives forced upon us by the pandemic. Column: What we've learned — and what we still don't know — after our pandemic year 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z But nothing about this outcome is surprising, so why belabor it? Opinion | Let’s leave the 45th president behind and focus on what’s ahead 2021-02-15T05:00:00Z “Once he met criteria in that way, we did not belabor the point.” San Francisco committee wants to remove Abraham Lincoln's name from high school 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z It’s possibly not incidental that the fugitives he’s trailing are Black and Native American, though the script at least doesn’t belabor that point. 'Fargo' wants to confront racism in America. Dramatizing it is another story 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z The Hatch Act, to belabor an already belabored point, is a federal law intended to prevent government workers from using their time on the job for politics. Pence gets tangled in the flag 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Almereyda doesn’t belabor the metaphor, and he probably would be the last person to describe himself as any kind of visionary. Review: The magnetic 'Tesla,' starring a brilliant Ethan Hawke, gives visionary his due 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z But he doesn’t plan on belaboring the shutdown in his act. Column: How Emmy nominee Uzo Aduba, Ann Dowd and more actors stay creative amid COVID-19 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z In a notable rarity for an American fiction film, Autumn’s decision isn’t belabored, judged or rationalized; nor is it preceded by any protracted hand wringing. Review: 'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' is a searingly confrontational drama about abortion rights 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z His speech and affect seemed belabored and subdued throughout his address, and his voice was gravelly. Trump continues to downplay coronavirus threat as he announces ban on travel from Europe 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z In court before would-be jurors, the prosecution belabored the point about ignoring the noise outside and instead focusing on the testimony presented in court. Robert Durst's fate will rest with 12 jurors, the only audience that matters now 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z “To me, candor to the court is sacrosanct, and I don’t think there’s anybody in the FBI who’s I belaboring under the misimpression that I think it’s OK to mislead the court.” FBI chief: No one asked me to open probes on improper basis 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z “I think the simple math is: Some projects work, some projects don’t and there is no reason to belabor either.” SAG Awards: 10 things to know, from Jennifer Aniston’s emotional speech to ‘Parasite’s’ big win 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z “So you don’t want to belabor anything after that.” His and her arguments: The art of balancing 'Marriage Story' 2019-12-31T05:00:00Z That’s why I kind of got in there with the monkey wrench and saw if I could put another engine in the car, to belabor the analogy. Why Rian Johnson wanted to make Knives Out a modern-day whodunit 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z It’s something to be brought up, but not belabored. SNYDER: There are legit concerns about Haskins, but his selfie isn’t among them 2019-11-25T05:00:00Z The action opens on an belabored routine as burly Ester struggles to don a vest several sizes too small for him. Review: The tribulations of actors, center stage, in 'Waiting for Waiting for Godot' 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Around here, the players seem so doggedly immune to complacency that they must belabor themselves with trivial worries. Ohio State routs Wisconsin, adds to its early case for spot in College Football Playoff 2019-10-26T04:00:00Z If the editorialists understood the problem as well as the politicians do, they would stop belaboring this idea and pay more attention to realistic solutions. Opinion | Maybe a carbon tax isn’t such a good idea after all 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z “But maybe we need to belabor the point.” How Matthew Lopez Transformed “Howards End” Into an Epic Play About Gay Life 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z Instead of belaboring, with tedious exposition, the specifics of a culture and setting that are rare, if not unique in cinema, the director turns in the opposite direction. Review | What does a movie set in 19th-century Vietnam have to say about today? A lot, actually. 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z And we’re going to belabor the point from now until then. Washington’s QB competition should just be enjoyed and played out 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z Tell her a piece of good news, like a job promotion, and her first impulse is to belabor how bad job security is, how much hard work managing people might be, etc. Downer mom is impacting adult child’s mental health 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z One could imagine a context in which some of this belabored mayhem might be funny, maybe a dinner-theater stage with lots of booze and a strong audience-participation element. Review: Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston look for clues and laughs in a strained ‘Murder Mystery’ 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Not to belabor the point, but singling out these two candidates doesn’t necessarily mean I believe your candidate is spineless. Democrats: It's time to step up and own your positions. Warren and Gillibrand are leading the way 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z The play is reminiscent of Prebble’s “Enron” in the dynamic way it translates a historical outline into scenes that sizzle and snap even when they don’t convince or belabor an obvious point. Review: In ‘Ink’ on Broadway, an insurgent Rupert Murdoch sets out to conquer Fleet Street 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z The gulf between seeing a location in the flesh versus a photo is, it goes without saying, too wide to belabor. From a jail cell to Amen Corner, Valentino Dixon’s improbable journey continues - Golf Digest 2019-04-13T04:00:00Z All of this was made worse by one of those essentially theological “constitutional” points which American professors and politicians love to belabor. How the South Won the Civil War 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z The suggestion of a dark secret in Ray’s past is revealed as a belabored bit of backstory, some promised threats never materialize, and some confrontations are sidestepped. High Flying Bird improves on Steven Soderbergh’s iPhone experiment 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z The play belabors what the performers need to generate with volcanic spontaneity. At Actors' Gang, a timely return of the political madness of Dario Fo's 'Anarchist' 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z But to belabor the obvious, the internet is more than just memes. Internet connections remain hard to come by for rural Nevada 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Burns doesn’t belabor the point, but it parallels the scrutiny imposed on the neighborhood’s women in general, and on young women in particular. A Novel About Coming of Age Amid the Troubles 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z Rebeck belabors scenes to the point that I couldn’t imagine sitting through “Bernhardt/Hamlet” with a lesser actor in the lead role. Critic's Notebook: Star turns that serve the Broadway play — Elaine May, Daniel Radcliffe and Janet McTeer show how it's done 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z The point is belabored at this juncture, but No. 36 is clearly an elite goaltender. What we learned from Ducks' 3-2 loss against Coyotes - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z But Kavanaugh dwelled there, belaboring his fitness on the court as though it had some obvious connection to his fitness for the Court. Brett Kavanaugh and the Innocence of White Jocks 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z Okay, so we are really belaboring this point. The Final Word: Bob Condotta reviews what went wrong in Seahawks-Bears 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z I don’t mean to belabor the connection, or to read too much into the umpteenth movie about a green-blooded homicidal E.T. Review: Shane Black's 'The Predator' is a snarky, gory reboot with some ugly baggage 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z “But we went from what we thought was going to be a quick process to what is a more belabored process.” Who Will Replace Chris Collins, the Indicted Congressman, on the Ballot? Perhaps No One 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z The difference is that the men didn’t belabor their arguments with him. Serena Williams Spotlights Tennis Inequities, but in the Best Way? 2018-09-10T04:00:00Z He does the same with his politics, which are easy enough to decipher but never feel belabored. Review: Regina Hall calls the shots in the terrific sports-bar comedy ‘Support the Girls’ 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Despite all this belaboring, I do prefer the gestures to the buttons! Android 9 Pie review: the predictive OS 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Judge Leon, who ruled for the companies in June, on several occasions criticized Justice Department lawyers for seeking to introduce evidence he didn’t find relevant or for belaboring certain points, the transcripts show. DOJ’s Behind-the-Scenes Struggles With Judge in AT&T Case 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z To call this self-serving would be to belabor the obvious. There will be no Nobel Prize in literature this year. And that's a shame. 2018-05-11T04:00:00Z Murray belabored the point: He wants to see less passing between defensemen at the point, and he wants the team to attack more. Ducks won't retain assistant coach Trent Yawney 2018-04-23T04:00:00Z In 2018, the logic goes, do we really need a movie about a woman so warped by society’s impossible standards that she has to endure a belabored epiphany about the importance of inner beauty? Amy Schumer gives a beaut of a performance in the uneven but sweetly amusing 'I Feel Pretty' 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z As the community belabored spending nearly $30 million on essential road and drainage improvements, the Pikes Peak Library District quietly enjoyed revenues of nearly $27 million in property tax revenues. Colorado Editorial Roundup 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Here's a zoom in showing only the uncontrolled reentries between 7 and 20 tonnes, just to belabor the point... China’s spiraling space station will plunge to Earth in about a week 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z It’s worth belaboring the costs of skipping the usual process of mutual public signaling. 7 Big Things to Understand About Trump’s Talks With North Korea 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z For those brief instants, the wordless ache of the imagery pierces the belabored sermonizing of Alex Ross Perry's screenplay. Jon Hamm, Catherine Keener and others can't move past 'Nostalgia's' treacly musings 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Their breakup, in Manhattan, is examined—and belabored—from his point of view and then hers. ‘Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool’ Review: Bening’s the Big Heat 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Look, there’s no real value in belaboring this, but Trump seems to think he deserves the last word on the subject, and he wants the public to believe Wilson wasn’t telling the truth. Unwilling to move on, Trump takes aim at 'wacky' House Democrat 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z I won’t belabor the point with statistics, which I’m certain are at the ready from every agency under your purview. Memo to President Trump on the meaning of ‘inner cities’ 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z “I think you’ve belabored it, so let me say I condemn white supremacists, and Nazis, and groups that favor this type of exclusion,” he said. White House defends Trump's response to deadly violence in Charlottesville as criticism intensifies 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z The filmmakers don’t belabor their point; as that title suggests, they certainly want you to enjoy yourself. With a revelatory Robert Pattinson in the lead, 'Good Time' proves exactly that 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z Mark Krikorian, executive director of the pro-immigration reform Center for Immigration Studies said that even if the bill doesn’t make it through a belabored Congress, it’s a step in the right direction. Here's How the White House Would Cut Legal Immigration in Half 2017-08-02T04:00:00Z She doesn’t belabor the rioters’ tactics or their rationale, and she largely allows the filmmaking to speak for itself. Kathryn Bigelow confronts a horrific chapter of American history in the searing, vital ‘Detroit’ 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z In a film that otherwise belabors its backward glances, to little effect, these fiercely unsentimental scenes cut deep. A fine Ciaran Hinds stars in 'The Sea,' which struggles with its literary roots 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z Some American history museums belabor visitors with this message: You shall know the truth and it shall make you feel ashamed of, but oh-so-superior to, your wretched ancestors. Opinion | America’s shockingly violent birth 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z And here’s where I belabor the point that E3 is not so much a showcase for games as it is for moments within games. PS4’s exclusive zombie game Days Gone deserves a chance to be itself 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z The parallels with events at the start of this century are plain to see, yet the movie, to its credit, does not belabor them. Can “Baywatch” Fill the Trunks of the Original? 2017-05-25T04:00:00Z That distinction only reaffirmed Whittle’s place as the centerpiece of the Terrapins’ offense — the most prolific in the nation — but she didn’t need to belabor the point against the upset-minded Wildcats in College Park. Maryland women cruise past Northwestern for Big Ten lacrosse championship 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z The title derives from an old joke that serves as the story’s belabored metaphor, repeated several times and always sorely in need of a little Borscht Belt energy. Cautionary fable ‘The Ticket’ ultimately loses its focus 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Perhaps the conservative majority in Jefferson City believes it has belabored the institution enough, particularly the flagship Columbia campus. Recent Missouri editorials 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Neither the menu nor the server belabor any of this, and on the plate, things just seem better than usual. 6 new brunches for Seattle and beyond 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z To the overnight business traveler intent on handling her own luggage — the “one-bagger” in doorman parlance — he is the discreet aide-de-camp, opening doors and tending to cars without belaboring the interaction. Service With a Human Touch — No Smartphone Can Do That 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z By August 2015, when Mrs. Clinton agreed to publicly apologize for exclusively using a private server, her lawyer, David Kendall, of Williams & Connolly, vetted Mrs. Clinton’s belabored statement of remorse. Hillary Clinton’s Campaign Strained to Hone Her Message, Leaked Emails Show 2016-10-10T04:00:00Z Everything was exquisitely timed, Schumer didn’t belabor the point, and it was sweet and funny to see a middle-aged man with a bit of a paunch looking as vulnerable as he did beside the star. The Limits of Perversity in Amy Schumer’s Standup 2016-10-03T04:00:00Z At the risk of belaboring it, let me just tell some small parts again. Android 7.0 Nougat review: great, but does it matter? 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z Landsbaum didn’t belabor the partisan angle, and she included some useful cautions about the online poll’s methodology. Coup Coup G’joo 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z But even in that, they wind up giving a superficial account while belaboring the real-world anecdotes and examples that ostensibly were meant to inform the economic insight, not supplant it. How our thinking on markets has evolved 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z My disregard for Donald Trump has been well documented by multiple media outlets over the last several months, so I won't belabor it yet again. Why I Won't Vote for Trump 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z So the media narrative of Trump's support among white working-class voters belabored by global economic forces is problematic for two reasons. The Donald's Trump Card Isn't an Ace 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z Not to belabor the camel metaphor, but that might be Trump's way of getting his nose under the GOP big tent. America First, or Trump? 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z I promised to be succinct, so let's not belabor this further. Is It Time to Favor Full-Fat Dairy? 2016-04-12T04:00:00Z “We don’t pledge allegiance to a man,” Cruz belabored, adding: “That is something you see kings and queens doing of their subjects.” Despite 'demagoguery', Cruz still committed to Trump if nominee 2016-03-13T05:00:00Z The latter is the closest rap analogue — the brilliant “throwaways” of an artist often consumed by the impulse to heap vocal tics, belabored metaphors and high-concept sermonizing to justify his status as Sun God. Why Kendrick Lamar’s ‘untitled unmastered.’ succeeds in ways ‘To Pimp a Butterfly’ didn’t 2016-03-06T05:00:00Z “We will not belabor the basis of our opinion nor argue with the revisionists of history of the Civil War or Southern apologists,” Crowell said. NAACP seeks removal of Mississippi flag in 2 coast counties 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z In Pasadena to speak to TV critics and reporters, his butterscotch tie and pocket square almost belabor the point: Whitaker, the last surviving announcer from Super Bowl I, is a gold standard in broadcasting. Broadcaster recalls first Super Bowl 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z Now, he’s ramping up appearances at community meetings, where residents may glimpse a man who does not belabor his time at the podium and balances his low-key personality with high ambitions for his department. D.C.’s fire chief quietly works to put out hotspots in his troubled agency 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z The reasons for my crusade are a matter of public record, so I won't belabor them here. Dietary Pseudo-Confusion: of Fire and Rain 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Obama didn’t belabor the point; he didn’t need to. Obama’s Darkly Optimistic State of the Union Address 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z She acknowledges a variety of errors and inconsistencies, mostly the results of a belabored anonymization process, but otherwise persuasively explains many of the lingering issues. The Trials of Alice Goffman 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z You wouldn’t believe how often this point is belabored – nor how vigorously. A charm offensive: the repellent magnetism of Justin Trudeau 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z He so badly wanted to write something that didn't belabor the obvious, a disease on many sports pages. Walk-off wisdom from Bill Dwyre 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Without belaboring the science too much, patients suffering from cystinuria have kidneys which excrete cysteine abnormally. Senate launches investigation into drug pricing at ‘pharma bro’ company Turing, three others 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Look, I don’t want to belabor the point. Carly Fiorina stubbornly pretends fiction is fact 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z “My view: The disgusting belaboring of this topic has to end.” Old Doubts About a Cherished Soviet War Legend Resurface, Unleashing Firestorm 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z The details of the case are widely available, and I will not belabor them here. A Cold Wind Blows Through The Corridors Of The FDA: Federal Judge Grants Amarin Injunction 2015-08-07T04:00:00Z Congress passed reform legislation after belabored debate sparked by his revelations. White House Petition Site Called 'Propaganda Tool' Amid Long Waits, Favoritism 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z I will not belabor the point about the generic raptors present in Jurassic World. A Paleontologist Reviews 'Jurassic World' 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Focusing too much on who pays could ruin an otherwise romantic moment, so don't belabor the point. The Etiquette of Paying for Dates Today 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z The drivetrain is a really interesting choice, and I don’t want to belabor the point, but it seems like there was an opportunity to showcase some really wild drivetrain tech there. Q&A with Ford CEO Mark Fields: EVs, Silicon Valley, and the ridiculous GT 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z “Popular Economics” is delightfully free of turgid prose, technical paraphernalia, or boringly belabored nit-picky points. Kudos For John Tamny's New Book, Popular Economics 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z Saturday's Santa Anita Derby was more a belaboring of the obvious than a horse race. Bob Baffert-trained Dortmund wins Santa Anita Derby 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z But in this case, that’s arguably a shame, not because there’s value in belaboring the point, but because the “fix” in Indiana is not a genuine resolution. Indiana's Pence only partially resolves discrimination fight 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z My partner, Geoffrey Moore’s tome Crossing The Chasm dives deeply into this whole topic, so I won’t belabor it here, other than the following point. Ready! Aim! Fire!: How To Execute Successfully Every Time (Part 2) 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z Then, he went on to emphasize important priorities for the state without belaboring the campaign rhetoric or the all-too-familiar rundown of Illinois’ dismal financial condition. Excerpts of editorials from Illinois newspapers 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z This is a point the defense belabors again and again, not just in their longer briefs, but also in filings at every stage of the long pretrial process. The Dread Pirate Roberts On Trial 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z “The right thing is to make sure those who are belabored get paid a decent wage,” Quinn said, before citing the prophet Amos in taking a veiled swipe at his Republican challenger Bruce Rauner. Governor, U.S. Senate hopefuls hit trail in final weekend of campaign 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z Waite elegantly uses the wolf as a metaphor for those who are hunting Patrick without belaboring this allusion. Review: ‘Sometimes the Wolf’ is engrossing story 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z Writing about the implications is a cottage industry that I won’t belabor here. We're All Millennials Now 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z The first use is correct; “labored” breathing, not “belabored.” Ugly Disagreements 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z I’m not going to belabor a rural electrification analogy. 6 Technology Articles You Must Read Today 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z He stood up and wagged his backside in belabored imitation. A Basketball Court Closes in Brooklyn 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z To belabor the liquor analogy, customers need to know if they’re downing a shot of whiskey, a pint or a fifth. State marijuana stores will disappoint. But that's a good thing. 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z I don't want to belabor knocking the press, but I can't believe what is being said. O.J. Simpson said he was a 'lost person' before Bronco chase 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z He said: "Her family is extremely grateful that her ascension was not belabored by a loss of acuity or comprehension. "She lived a life as a teacher, activist, artist and human being. Maya Angelou - celebrated US author and poet - dies aged 86 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z Instead of belaboring the data, let’s just say that gold’s value goes up and down. Gold Is Not Stable After All 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The condition of the nest – to belabor the analogy – does seriously impact that golden goose. Innovation, American Entrepreneurs and the New Job Agenda 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z To belabor the car analogy, isn’t Bitcoin more like a taxi than a car one owns? Bitcoin Battle: Warren Buffett vs. Marc Andreessen 2014-03-27T00:13:00Z He didn’t belabor the point, but he didn’t ignore it. Sports of The Times: For Seattle’s Celebration, Russell Wilson Is an Unofficial M.V.P. 2014-02-05T20:56:29Z On Thursday, he found 11 greens, needed 30 putts and belabored all his “careless mistakes.” A Year After a Sensational First Round, Mickelson Settles for a So-So One 2014-01-31T03:04:32Z The king appeared belabored in his breathing and when it was his turn to speak, he read very slowly from a single piece of paper, pronouncing each word in a raspy voice. Tense Bangkok Is Quiet on King’s Birthday 2013-12-05T07:50:26Z "Without belaboring the point too much, it was a nightmare, and one that I was forced to live through with millions of people watching," Sebok said, according to Mrozek. Two California men get prison terms in pro poker 'sextortion' scheme 2013-04-23T00:31:23Z This feels like karmic punishment for this writer's decision to belabor the point that not much was left to determine these last few weeks. 2013 NBA Playoffs Preview: Boston Celtics can upset New York Knicks 2013-04-18T13:44:00Z It boosted her image at a time when she was belaboring a faltering left-wing Labour government as "soft on the Russians" in the run-up to the election which swept her to power in 1979. Witness: "The Iron Lady" - my part in her ascent 2013-04-08T15:32:33Z Anyway, I don't want to belabor the point. How to Change Your Future 2012-08-13T13:04:20Z Crawford didn’t belabor the point that information services performed by the highly educated was a very male-gendered field. Is 'Women's Work' Rehumanizing Men? 2012-05-21T16:16:12Z “You wicked young rascal, I shall tell the policeman of you,” she gasped, and began to belabor Sylvia with her umbrella. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z The fool, who is also a dwarf, is belaboring the giant with an instrument like those hollow clubs used in our pantomimes when the clown is to be whacked with great violence. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z When discovered we belabored it so earnestly that its head was well-nigh severed from its body. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z And rumor said that the earl had taken a strange fancy to the young clergyman whom he had so belabored. The New Rector 2012-03-22T02:00:35.997Z In an instant the innkeeper was thrown upon his face, and while one man held his head, and another his feet, a third belabored the poor fellow till he roared again. The War Tiger Or, Adventures and Wonderful Fortunes of the Young Sea Chief and His Lad Chow: A Tale of the Conquest of China 2012-03-18T02:00:17.620Z But the memo mostly belabored Romney’s well-trod problems with conservatives, an exercise that exposed the true nature of the Republican contest going forward. Romney Down South: Can Mitt Really Win Over Conservatives? 2012-03-13T07:30:00Z There was that courageous leader, Dr. Harvey Johnson, of Baltimore, who belabored his former friends as enemies of the race. The History of the Negro Church 2012-02-24T03:00:22.860Z Both candidates belabored the point in the face of the fact that in Michigan, labor is a dominant force and the bailout remains popular. The Michigan GOP Primary: Where All Politics Is National 2012-02-20T07:00:00Z He inwardly belabored himself for having allowed his mind to be so taken up with the image of a married woman. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z He concentrated on the detached word "inferior" and belabored it with untiring fury. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z The mother mounts to the top of the pack, resting her feet on the horse’s neck, and armed with a cudgel, with which she vigorously belabors the beast, right and left. The Captive in Patagonia 2011-12-27T03:00:10.803Z Napoleon began to flatter himself that a rescue was at hand, when the little great man in pompous dignity joined the assailants and belabored the young officer at bay, more mercilessly than all the rest. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 15, August, 1851 2011-12-27T03:00:07.217Z O comfort! be my friend; and when the next black rush doth come, if fisticuffs should become general and dangerous, be so good as to belabor the woman who belabors me. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z The world might ring with the struggle, if we devoted ourselves exclusively to belaboring each other. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z His imagination like a merciless flagellate, belabored him with fancies. Gargoyles 2012-01-05T03:00:27.063Z She read her Bible with vigor and astonishment, belaboring Nanna with difficult questions. The Open Question a tale of two temperaments 2011-10-25T02:00:22.173Z None the less did the "federalist" press use Paine's infidelity to belabor the President, and the author had to write defensive letters from the moment of his arrival. The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England 2011-10-12T02:00:47.957Z A young brother follows on a slow donkey, which he belabors to his heart's content. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z There is no need to belabor the wobbly nature of this third term. City Room: The Day: Like Putin, Like Bloomberg 2011-10-04T12:44:55Z It happened that little Hanka at that time was in front of the smithy and, seeing what was taking place, seized a little stick and started to belabor Zarnowski with it all over the legs. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z I will belabor my point: the question of value cannot be addressed gigabyte by gigabyte, and only value can properly guide e-discovery pricing in both the short- and long term. The Demise of Electronic Discovery's Per-Gigabyte Price Model 2011-09-13T13:36:15Z The various speakers neither rushed nor belabored their material. Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer 2011-08-14T02:00:18.947Z Count Lunzi, a liberal, and a student of German criticism, was vigorously belaboring three of the friars, who replied to him whenever they were able to get a word in, which was not often. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z Here Noah stuck his head out of a nutshell Ark; there a woman belabored her husband for breaking a jug; on the next stall might be three solemn monkeys making butter in a churn. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z But his points are worth belaboring, because unemployment is already high, growth is very slow, and inequality is at heights not seen since before the Great Depression. A liberal "win": Avoiding extreme austerity 2011-08-01T18:11:00Z The cold rain lashed him and the wind belabored his umbrella, and he was more than once obliged to pause under friendly porches to get his breath. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 5, October 1893 2011-07-30T02:00:16.467Z We joy to behold one tiny figure belaboring another with his solid club or to follow the vicissitudes of a bout at single-stick, when both combatants thwack lustily at each other's wooden heads. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z With that he began belaboring me with his fists. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z Without belaboring the whole saga of how it was established, Acadia was initially formed from donations of large tracts of land by some of the wealthiest summer residents, the Rockefellers famously among them. Harmony In The State Of Maine 2011-07-13T16:10:39Z And now, as the riders close in on him, they belabor him unmercifully with their heavy coils of rope, or with rawhide "quirts" carried for this purpose. Cruisings in the Cascades A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur Photography, Hunting, and Fishing 2011-07-09T02:00:15.543Z Secondly, the belabored inference drawn from the principle in the final couplet has no precedent at all in Horace. The Art of Architecture A Poem In Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry 2011-06-17T02:00:16.870Z The younger one, not comprehending such a useless outburst of affection, resented it as an intrusion, and would have belabored his brother soundly, had he not been so heavily ironed. In Both Worlds 2011-06-08T02:00:17.360Z Instead of belaboring those questions, Keller thinks Seattle should turn its focus within. Sounders FC doesn't get a break at Chicago Fire 2011-06-04T02:12:04Z Myself no vegetarian, by what right had I belabored him for liking the taste of chicken? A Rambler's lease 2011-05-22T02:00:11.507Z In his closing argument in the Mr. Rajaratnam trial, Reed Brodsky, a prosecutor, belabored the point that such activities provided Wall Street professionals with an unfair advantage over the “average, ordinary investor.” DealBook: Prosecutors Hope for Deterrent Effect 2011-05-11T18:51:31Z Once when he was in the act of belaboring a companion who had tried to outline for him the plot of a book called "Only A Boy," a woman passing by had interrupted the fight. The Boy Grew Older 2011-05-10T02:01:01.027Z Lopez shrugged his shoulders and cast a swift, meaning look back at poor fat Tubby, who was belaboring his tired mount with the flat of one hand, and urging the beast on and on. The Boy Scouts Under Fire in Mexico 2011-05-02T02:00:18.793Z He was eulogized in capital letters, and canonized among the martyrs of patriotism; public orators belabored him with praises, and ballad-singers chanted his virtues through the streets. The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. I (of II) 2011-04-04T02:00:09.197Z At one moment he will be found belaboring a novelist or a dramatist for sentimentality and on the next page there will be distinct traces of treacle in his own creative work. Pieces of Hate And Other Enthusiams 2011-03-28T02:00:24.120Z Fisher then seized a paddle and belabored the bear over his head and on his paws, as he placed the latter on the side of the canoe and drew himself in. The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts 2011-03-26T02:00:15.717Z Again they reached the rise of the hill, bending low over their horses' manes, and belaboring the animals with boot and spur. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z Rump rushed forward, and seizing the assassin by the collar, commenced severely belaboring him with a stout hickory, at the same time indignantly denouncing him in terms of vituperation. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z II, "The Age of Franklin," written with conservative bias, belabors Franklin who as a statesman "was almost as wrong as Paine and Mirabeau." Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes 2011-03-08T03:00:46.777Z Not all cry; soldiers and officers sing while belabored.” The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z He didn't belabor the point with his players in the locker room. No. 1 Holy Names rolls / 3A girls roundup 2011-03-04T03:56:04Z James got down from the box, and helped to belabor them; it was raining torrents all this time. The Dodd Family Abroad, Vol. I 2011-03-03T03:00:56.130Z He was preaching in the Tabernacle, and belaboring a certain man very severely, and I did not like his harshness. Life of Heber C. Kimball, an Apostle The Father and Founder of the British Mission 2011-02-21T03:00:08.060Z "What makes me laugh," remarked Tom, "would be to see the boys and young lads pelting those dogs with stones, and belaboring their sides with big sticks!" Project Gutenberg book of Historical Romance of the American Negro 2011-02-11T03:00:26.280Z David placed his lantern in the lee of the cedar and, kicking off one of his own racquettes, belabored Axel with it unsparingly. Lost Farm Camp 2011-01-23T03:00:16.437Z For, under the discomfort of the belaboring wind and stinging sand, she began to yield to her instinct to turn tail and drift before the storm. The Delafield Affair 2011-01-19T03:00:21.497Z With these words Nomino� leaped upon his horse with a bound, turned its head in the opposite direction, and, belaboring its flanks with his spurs, dashed up the bank at a gallop. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z Paul didn't need to tell this group that Bunning had done so in defiance of McConnell -- and he was too gentlemanly to belabor the point. How Rand Paul became the Tea Party's Obama 2010-05-14T12:01:00Z The times that followed were uneventful enough in Belgrade, though beyond the limits of the belabored Servian capital great things were happening. Under Fire For Servia Tom ran with the hounds for his own sport,—went out shooting with gentlemen, and belabored the briers for them at twopence per day and his dinner,—and abhorred all that sober men call work. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 99, January, 1866 In another moment the disgusted and angry King was chasing his demoralized and panic-stricken army up the dock, belaboring every one of them that he overtook with his royal mace. Harper's Round Table, October 8, 1895 Surrounded, belabored, wounded, he is about to perish, when his men, learning his peril, redouble their efforts, burst open the gates, inundate the place, and massacre the inhabitants. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 Strange spectacles they were, men belaboring each other, but fascinating, too. The Huddlers One is produced by a laboring bee, the other by a belaboring. The Handbook of Conundrums Thereupon she gives him a stick with which he belabors his master unmercifully, saying he only wished to test the fidelity of his mistress toward his beloved master. Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) It seemed that, like a lion tamer in the arena, Dumas took pleasure in belaboring and exasperating this many-headed monster, in order to prove to his own satisfaction that he could subdue its revolts. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 At this the mother flew into a violent rage, and catching up a bludgeon, belabored Ali with it until she was tired. The Lion of Janina The Last Days of the Janissaries One of his chief employments was to make sport with the devil, leaping on his back, and belaboring him with his dagger of lath, till he made him roar. Folk-lore of Shakespeare He took for this purpose the long stem of a cherry pipe, unscrewing the amber mouth-piece, and belaboring me harder than ever before. Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace To spring on his back and hold him fast down was the work of a second, while I belabored him about the head with my fists. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Without hesitation, she impartially belabored both the combatants, calling frantically on Douglass and Red for aid. The Song of the Wolf At this the soles of his feet were belabored still more—poor Simplex really thought his last hour had come. Pretty Michal This really did no good, unless the fact that it fomented anew the rage and grief of Angela, and gave Mrs. Dale additional material wherewith to belabor Eugene, could be said to be of advantage. The "Genius" Abraham Lincoln took the ax, and began belaboring the wood, while the Deacon studied him with a critical eye. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro He belabored them soundly and they became less eager to try to capture him. The Six Fingers of Time It belabors and rolls out figures as cooks do paste, making them as thick or as thin as it pleases to fit the object required. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Roth strode up to him and began to belabor him with both fists, showering hard blows on neck and head. A Little Garrison A Realistic Novel of German Army Life of To-day They scolded him with shrill tongues and belabored him with their ramrods. Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters “But let the woman and child alone,” and at that they ceased to belabor Mrs. Baker and Robbie and set about removing the captive as expeditiously as possible. With Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga There had been a lively debate, and Joyce and Cynthia, as two of the opponents, had just finished roundly and wordily belaboring each other. The Boarded-Up House Then, at once, they seized huge hammers and began to belabor the tire, to drive it on to the wheel, which smoked and flamed. The Broom-Squire Descending presently with his follower to survey the scene, the noble Marquis enraged at the blocking of his day’s pleasuring belabored the chief ostler with his cane. Orphans of the Storm But we will not now traverse the ethical pons asinorum of necessity—the most simple and evident of mortal truths, and the most darkened, tortured, and belabored by moral teachers. Ancient and Modern Celebrated Freethinkers Reprinted From an English Work, Entitled "Half-Hours With The Freethinkers." He desisted quite suddenly from belaboring his victim. The Law-Breakers Again, many children were at one time belabored with blows for several years by a person who pretended to be a police agent, and who threatened them with prosecution if they complained. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study An invisible hand held back the axe as it was raised to strike the fatal blow, and belabored the rogue soundly, till he fell prone, covered with blood. Dreamers of the Ghetto This was a memorable contest, lasting six weeks, during which the besiegers belabored it with the best battering-cannon they could procure, and used up eighty barrels of gunpowder voted by Parliament for the purpose. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel About two o’clock our indefatigable quarry began to belabor the leader again. Tales of Fishes In a moment he was off yelling at the top of his lungs and belaboring the bony sides of his camel with feet and hands. Across Mongolian Plains A Naturalist's Account of China's 'Great Northwest' Nobody had ever dared the thing excepting Mrs. Flin, and she would not encounter such a belaboring of tongues again for all the bachelors in the world. The Elm Tree Tales But Stardi never paused to reflect, and small and ill-made as he is, he flung himself with one bound on that big fellow, and began to belabor him with his fists. Cuore (Heart) An Italian Schoolboy's Journal Presently, when the couch was a wreck and Bob had Frank over his knees and was preparing to belabor him, Jack interfered. The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards He caught up his stick and began to belabor them soundly. Robin Hood The mob outside cheered vociferously; and Harlequin began to belabor poor Pantaloon with his gilded lath to the immense amusement of the spectators. My Life: or the Adventures of Geo. Thompson Being the Auto-Biography of an Author. Written by Himself. Conscience, that “makes cowards of us all,” began its small inner remonstrance; then followed self-flagellation and much belaboring of herself with many remorseful terms. Not Like Other Girls They got mad at my stumbling over them, took away my parcel and began to belabor me. Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail “Let up,” declared Jack, warding off the combined attacks of his two chums, who began belaboring him with cushions; “let up, or I’ll keep this to myself.” The Radio Boys with the Revenue Guards The man with the three hats was belaboring them with his staff so thoroughly as to have become a man with no hat at all. Robin Hood They bait a hook with a chine of pork and let the meat be carried out into the middle of the stream, while the hunter upon the bank holds a living pig, which he belabors. Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life People who ride upon donkeys require a boy to follow behind them with a stick to belabor the poor overladen creatures, without which they will not move forward, being so trained. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Words, words—painted bladders with which to belabor the backs of fools and children. The Doomsman Before then, however, he had caught up a barrel stave, which happened to be lying in a too convenient spot, and was belaboring Pepita with all his might. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life Each man had dropped to his hands and knees as soon as he had reached the bushes; and the foresters might beat and belabor Mother Sherwood in vain, for she would never betray her children. Robin Hood Courage, too, is a component part—not to be afraid to strike hard and fast, belaboring the canvas as a pugilist belabors an opponent, beating nature into shape. Outdoor Sketching Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914 We walked home and I finally fell to belaboring him. Fantazius Mallare A Mysterious Oath It was just as well he did, for the elderly gentleman, whose shining bald head had been belabored by the old maid's parasol, came in, accompanied by the damsel. The Ocean Wireless Boys And The Naval Code Never a doubt I doubt 'twas himself belabored the old man on his road home. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life It was observed, when the great Cardinal was going home, after this interview with his royal master, that he scowled and growled at his followers, and belabored the poor mule that he rode most unmercifully. Stories and Legends of Travel and History, for Children Huxley belabors the bishops because there is no use for sacerdotalism in his scheme of life. The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy Just at this juncture mother Anderson put in her oar, literally as well as figuratively, for happening to have that instrument of navigation in her hand, she proceeded to belabor the prostrate Steve. The Gentle Art of Cooking Wives While some went for the one who was belaboring the representative of the law, others made for the second burglar. The Telegraph Messenger Boy The Straight Road to Success Cabinski held the whip on his knee under the table and waited; as soon as the children had advanced near enough, he sprang up and began to belabor them. The Comedienne The wooden image of the god was tied to the tail of a horse and dragged to the Borysthenes, twelve stout soldiers belaboring it with cudgels as it went. Historic Tales, Vol. 8 (of 15) The Romance of Reality The mainmast was floating alongside the ship which it belabored with thumps that jarred the hull. Blackbeard: Buccaneer The Jew and the Squire Came close at his back, And began to belabor The sides of poor Jack. Aunt Kitty's Stories He grasped this in passing, and, as soon as he was clear of the tent, belabored the lion over the face with it. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer "Wait a little, you rascal!" cried Beppo; "I'll teach you manners!" and he seized a stick and belabored the sack until the Devil in anguish called upon all the saints. Italian Popular Tales “Let us go!” cried Henry, belaboring the sides of Five Hundred Dollar; and I following in his wake, we galloped rapidly through the rank grass toward the base of the hills. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7 He threw himself on the enemy, and with little, clenched, convulsive fists belabored him so on stomach and body that Long-Shanks began to retreat step by step. Good Blood The man seemed to be in a frenzy, and continued belaboring the reptile even after all saw it was as dead as dead could be. The Phantom of the River The military guard at the causeway gate failed to present arms, so the officer rushed at the men and belabored them with a stick. Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer He threw his right arm upward as if to escape a blow, but the old dame did not belabor him. The Dragon Painter An old man stood up and began to belabor the frightened animal. The Rainy Day Railroad War Catching up a broom, I belabored the dog so energetically that he was forced to turn from the poor Czar to me. Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol. 5 Jimmy's Cruise in the Pinafore, Etc. Three students held Jordan fast and the little sophomore, dancing with glee, belabored the huge half "scrambled egg," each blow resounding through the room. Tess of the Storm Country But the Yarmouth smacks are admirable sea boats and, pounded and belabored as she was, the Kitty always shook off the water that smothered her, and rose again for the next wave. For Name and Fame Or Through Afghan Passes He was armed with a huge club, with which, after the word was given, he belabored the miserable animal from start to finish. French Pathfinders in North America He belabored the pair with it impartially, and it was evident that he was not in the least particular as to whether he hurt them or not. The Gold Trail It progressed to a point of such violence that the old lady began belaboring the husband with her umbrella. Jokes For All Occasions Selected and Edited by One of America's Foremost Public Speakers From the back room came the sound of belabored breathing and a hoarse voice called for Tessibel. Tess of the Storm Country When the old miser could bear it no longer he started up and belabored his servants right and left; but one of them struck the old man with an oar and killed him. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Another, the one who cried out, was belaboring the flogger with empty fists, and the voice was that of a girl! Rebel Spurs It was getting quite dark then, but she could still plainly see that a witch was upon its back, belaboring it with a broomstick. Dulcibel A Tale of Old Salem As they had feigned death to escape massacre, the Germans belabored them with the butts of their guns to see if they were still alive. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Hippy plunged at the mob and belabored them right and left with the blazing torch. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods It was so late before the horse could be caught that the miller offered the two scholars a “shakedown” in his own chamber, but when they were in bed he began to belabor them unmercifully. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Cutting a pole, Addison then belabored the snow crust about the hole with resounding whacks—still with no result. A Busy Year at the Old Squire's Ted had ridden up to the plunging beast, and began to belabor it with his quirt, to take the spirit out of it. Ted Strong in Montana With Lariat and Spur Twice a belabored missive accompanied these little couriers, anxiously quoting some anguishing sentimentality from one of the household poets writhing amid the pages of the affecting Gartenlaube. Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life Without uttering a sound they belabored the ruffians, beating, whacking, prodding and swinging their clubs to good purpose. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods The singers that give us bigness of sound instead of quality belabor our ears, so to speak; they treat us as persons of mean understanding—dull intellects; the thing is essentially vulgar. Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) The glass soon rattled down in a hundred pieces, but he went on belaboring the frame and screaming like a madman. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag When he reached the crossroads where he had parted from his brothers just one year before he came upon a crowd of angry farmers belaboring two men who had been robbing their barns. The Laughing Prince Jugoslav Folk and Fairy Tales The enraged people had already thrown him down, and, regardless of the supplications of the two merchants, commenced belaboring him unmercifully, when the major appeared with a few soldiers and police officers. Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia They did not succeed in doing this until Hippy began to belabor Ginger over the rump, at the same time pulling up on the reins. Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods One day the Muftí’s father came in and belabored them violently and at length. Memorials of the Faithful It was bad enough fighting two human beings at a time; but when one of them persisted in belaboring him with such a hot weapon he drew the line. The Saddle Boys of the Rockies Lost on Thunder Mountain As the giant forepaws belabored the wood, strove to lift the body from the ground, Vye worked his way out on another branch. Star Hunter Realizing that once across the narrow stream he would be under shelter, he kicked and belabored his mule to the take-off. A Pagan of the Hills To this end he prods with paradoxes, he belabors with hyperboles, he teases with irony, he startles with the unexpected. The Last Harvest Thump—thump—thump—Dane beat it out frantically, belaboring the drum head as he wanted to sink his fists home on the body of the Khatkan witch doctor. Voodoo Planet The Lion and the Bear saw him, but not being able to get up, said: "Woe betide us, that we should have fought and belabored ourselves only to serve the turn of a Fox!" Aesop's Fables A New Revised Version From Original Sources His teacher soon began to take a delight in belaboring the class for a minute before turning to Jimmy for the answer. The Fourth R The whole crew of them perched on the Norwegian and belabored him with broomsticks and balesticks until they roused the sleeping Berserk in him. Stories of Achievement, Volume IV (of 6) Authors and Journalists Great zeal in belaboring the neighbor for his faults will not lessen your own, nor make you appear an angel of light before God when you are something very different. Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals A few stanzas will show that, even after his absence from local politics during his Edinburgh sojourn, he had lost none of his gusto in belaboring the Ayrshire Calvinists. Robert Burns How To Know Him This individual, after belaboring me in a savage manner, gave me distinctly to understand that unless I left Virginia speedily, I might find myself in trouble. The American Prejudice Against Color An Authentic Narrative, Showing How Easily The Nation Got Into An Uproar. The boy pummels that problem as he would belabor a schoolmate on the playground. The Vitalized School The mahout yelled and belabored the elephant on the skull. The Adventures of Kathlyn He had belabored the Federalists for piling up a big national debt and he could hardly endure the thought of issuing more bonds himself. History of the United States The big foreman, whose scepter of authority was commonly a pick-handle for the belaboring of offenders, was not loved. Empire Builders While he waited, several deputies of the constabulary, methodically silencing the crowd, came upon these belligerents in turn and belabored the foremost into silence. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Scarcely a minute had elapsed when Desmond heard a cry, and looking round, saw the man brutally belaboring with his rattan the bare shoulders of a native. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India Bolts of iron, like winged battering-rams, are ploughing fearfully through her belabored side. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 1, July, 1862 Nay, I do not forget that even Charles Lamb was fiercely belabored by his own generation. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 75, January, 1864 Else we would sometimes kick and belabor Conscience. In Luck at Last And with that he took Vetch with the left hand, and belabored him with the right until the poor wretch fairly howled for mercy. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow He had thrashed one of these tormentors, and had been belabored in return. The Grey Cloak In this position he belabored the miller's face and eyes with his little hard fist to such purpose, that he had him in the course of a few minutes nearly as blind as a mill-horse. The Ned M'Keown Stories Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three With this flourishing about his head, Doctor Chicago leaps in among the Maltese and belabors them right and left. Miss Caprice "When a minister is in power, they cheer him to the echo; when he is down, they belabor him." His Excellency the Minister Let us admit once for all that the fact, much belabored of the critics, is a fact. The Things Which Remain An Address To Young Ministers He had not got him in, however, before he began to belabor him fiercely. Best Short Stories Then with each piece he belabored the poor Knight till the broken lance flew into splinters. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories I was also a subscriber to Greeley's New Yorker; and I did not slight the local paper, which belabored Douglas in proportion as he increased in popularity and power. Children of the Market Place Amid a chorus of such encouragement, both boys belabored each other and fought like barbarians. The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner At the bridge, a few miles away, the other sections met, and belabored each other as vigorously as did those at the pass. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees He was only just in time, for scarcely had he gained the cover of a clump of trees, when the soldiers of the guard came running to the place and began to belabor the door. The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) Thus having been belabored incessantly for two-thirds of an April day, the convention retire to their duty, and as usual ballot for the candidates. A Review and Exposition, of the Falsehoods and Misrepresentations, of a Pamphlet Addressed to the Republicans of the County of Saratoga, Signed, "A Citizen" The pulpit belabored it in sermons of two hours' length, after which the deacons in their official seats occasionally expatiated to audiences whose patience on this theme was inexhaustible. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 3, March, 1862 Glory had been belabored with worse things than hats during his eventful career; he laid back his ears, shut his eyes tight and took it meekly. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories No sooner did he enter than the whole household set upon him, and so belabored him with cudgels that he was obliged to flee for his life. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala Upon the neck of this enraged brute sat a young man in perfect calmness belaboring the animal's head with the iron prong which is used universally in India for guiding elephants. Akbar, Emperor of India Lieutenant Rochas was so moved by his words that he gave way to an ungovernable fit of anger, raising his sword and belaboring the men with the flat as if it had been a club. The Downfall With one of these he proceeded to so unmercifully belabor the wise man of Bagdad that the latter besought mercy with the most appealing words and gestures. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 099, March, 1876 Taking his hat—his best hat—from his head, he belabored Glory viciously over the jaws with it; silently except for the soft thud and slap of felt on flesh. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories If you want to kill an eel, it is not much use belaboring his head: strike, however, his tail two or three times against any hard substance, and he is quickly dead. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Like lubberly monks, we belabor our own shoulders, and take a vast satisfaction in the music of our own groans. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete It is a fantastic personage, a skeleton armed with a whip, who runs in the furrow beside the terrified horses and belabors them, thus serving the old husbandman as ploughboy. The Devil's Pool "And he was belaboring them with a cushion, did you say?" added Rachel, with the slightest emphasis upon the noun. The Shadow of the Rope He was belaboring an old, much-cracked violin, beating time not only by raising and lowering his foot, but also by a corresponding movement of his entire bent body. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 06 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes He belabored his instrument as heartily as if it had been his worst enemy, but with so much independence of character that he never kept the same time as his fellow-players for two minutes together. In the Days of My Youth Summoning his council on the receipt of this news, he belabored the Swedes in the longest speech that had been heard in the colony since the wordy warfare of Ten Breeches and Tough Breeches. Knickerbocker's History of New York, Complete He therefore belabored him till his sullen obstinacy gave way to a roar for mercy, and promises never so to offend again. Eric He often saw women belaboring the naked back of a slave with branches of the cruel acacia delinens, and finally rub salt or saltpetre into the wounds. Primitive Love and Love-Stories With spur and lariat end they belabored their mounts and gamely the horses responded. Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains We belabored him well, but the fellow stood as if dumb, remained silent, and laughed in our faces as if we had been speaking to each other and not to him. Armenian Literature At midnight Tartaro took his club and belabored the dead body most unmercifully. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook "It is only a stick that if I say, 'Boombye, boomba,' will beat you to death," said Juan, and with that the stick leaped from his hand and began to belabor the wicked man. Philippine Folk-Tales Then she is carried to the yard, placed on a blanket with her face down, and the bridegroom belabors her with a stick on a pillow which has been tied on her back. Primitive Love and Love-Stories Not till I wandered about this land did I understand why the comic papers belabor the Anglomaniac. American Notes "And so belabored as to be scarce able to crawl along it," cried a third. The White Company When Terkoz saw Tarzan approaching without his arrows, he continued to belabor the poor woman in a studied effort to affront his hated chieftain. Tarzan of the Apes The padrone seized the stick and began to belabor him. Phil, the Fiddler On the morrow, for example, his colonel awakened him rudely out of his sleep, cuffing and belaboring him unmercifully, and, after having bashed in his face, deprived him of his place of vantage. The Underdogs, a Story of the Mexican Revolution One of the difficulties discussed in the scanning and storage process was image quality which, without belaboring the obvious, means different things for maps, medical X-rays, or broadcast television. Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts The latter, however, was not a man to be quelled by words, for he caught up his ell-measure sword-sheath and belabored the cursing clerk with it. The White Company Then he seized an iron rod and belabored the old man till he, whimpering, begged him to leave off, and he would give him great riches. The Blue Fairy Book Many a time have I belabored stubborn mules and bestrode bucking mustangs while searching for one of these ungrateful but no doubt chosen creatures. Rezanov I went back and from a safe distance in the rear I belabored them down. A Knight of the Cumberland The Lion and the Bear saw him, but not being able to get up, said, "Woe be to us, that we should have fought and belabored ourselves only to serve the turn of a Fox." Aesop's Fables Translated by George Fyler Townsend Legree was provoked beyond measure by Tom's evident happiness; and riding up to him, belabored him over his head and shoulders. Uncle Tom's Cabin Whereupon he fell to belaboring the three poor, weary, hungry, thirsty rascals with the flat of his sword, till all of them yelled in concert. An Enemy to the King That uncouth, bullet-headed officer had not spent his whole life on the high seas, belaboring all classes of men into serviceableness, without being able to judge the genus homo pretty shrewdly. The Cruise of the Dry Dock Lastly, in its religious aspects, the male struggles more with dogma, and his enfranchisement from it is more intellectually belabored. Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene Night’s zenith blew in slowly on the wind like the belabored breaths of a dying man, and after a period of worry, it came: midnight, the appointed hour. The Revolutions of Time And while the attendants flew right and left,—one for the blade, another for the thong,—the king, still raging, seized whatever came most handy, and belabored his bosom-friend on the head and shoulders. The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok The man with me said that Blaise, after belaboring them and interrogating them to his heart's content, had relented, and brought some cold meat and wine for them. An Enemy to the King "Mighty little's the matter, your honor; it's the savages, here, that's admiring my horsemanship," said Mike, as he belabored a tall, scraggy-looking mule with a stick which bore an uncommon resemblance to a broom-handle. Charles O'Malley, The Irish Dragoon, Volume 2 And if she limped a little, she no doubt owed that to the poor woman, whom old Macquart used to belabor with blows. L'Assommoir It was hard work to do this, she plunged so, and so beat and belabored the billows with her rising and falling bows. Roughing It, Part 4. You know what all this reminds me of? take this driver, for instance: he is used to belabor his horses with the whip; and yet he likes them, you may be sure. In Those Days The Story of an Old Man The Whig journals belabored it manfully, and exhausted the resources of those formidable weapons, italics and small capitals, in the attempt to throw a ridiculous light on the facts most creditable to Pierce. A Study of Hawthorne He began at the end of the line and belabored each one faithfully. The Man in Gray Add to that I should send the Sultan back to Mecca and the Pope to Jerusalem, belaboring their backs with the butt end of a rifle. L'Assommoir I would write more of him and of the marvelous person in me whom he is continually belaboring with his slapstick and bladder. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago Even the guard could not stand it; he scolded us, and belabored us with his whip. In Those Days The Story of an Old Man At Brook Farm he "belabored the rugged furrows" with a will; and at the Old Manse he presided over his garden in a paradisiacal sort of way. A Study of Hawthorne They were the flying squadron of incompetent journalists, who, knowing nothing, try to hide their ignorance by belauding the victors and belaboring the vanquished. Jean-Christophe, Volume I The drivers were belaboring the patient oxen unmercifully, but not another inch could they make the animals pull the load. Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America And one can sit back and belabor them, hamstring them, pull their noses, expose their absurdities and derive a deal of satisfaction from the process. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago I struck him once and twice, got him by the neck, and belabored him with the hilt of my sword. In Those Days The Story of an Old Man With mighty stroke repaid him / the valiant minstrel too, And so belabored Wolfhart / that thick the sparks around him flew. The Nibelungenlied Translated into Rhymed English Verse in the Metre of the Original I must follow at her heels, incessantly belaboring. Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools There should not be too fine a point, however, in belaboring differences with the other examples in this regard over standoff. Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance Endlessly belaboring themselves with ideas, gods, taboos, and philosophies. A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago The woman was so intent on belaboring the shrieking child that at first she did not see the newcomers. The Girl Aviators' Motor Butterfly The Vice also amused the audience by tormenting the Devil, belaboring him with a sword of lath, sticking thorns into him, and making him roar with pain. Halleck's New English Literature Trenck endeavored to force him to fight, without avail, then, disgusted with the lieutenant's cowardice, he caught up a stick and belabored him heartily, crying: "Rogue, go tell your fellows how Trenck deals with traitors!" International Short Stories: French So far as She Fox was concerned, this kindness largely resulted from discretion, the daughter having in the last encounter so belabored the mother that she was laid up for a week. The Wolf's Long Howl Dim red fire, in lines and dots and curves, appeared on three sides, growing larger and longer, meeting in some places, crisscrossed by black figures of threshing men belaboring the flames. The Desert of Wheat They still crowd out so: this flock here, that there, belaboring The loaded flowers. The Best Letters of Charles Lamb There were others far more perturbed by that odd conjunction of diners than the puzzled host, who merely expected Mrs. Bates to belabor him with a rolling pin. The Postmaster's Daughter One little girl belabored the two saddled donkeys, and one guided my two. Memories of Hawthorne The Turks toiled on, backing and shifting their belabored trains, until the monster at last threatened the city with its great black Cyclopean eye. The Prince of India — Volume 02 For behold the censorships with which he belabors himself. Nonsenseorship They are drawn as forming the orchestra, Lemon conducting, Jerrold belaboring a big drum, Thackeray playing on the flute, Leech the violin, and others extracting harmony from divers musical instruments. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe And, to my amazement, he sprang on the strapping servant like a wild-cat, and began to beat, cuff, and belabor him with all the strength of his puny limbs. The Splendid Spur His brown fists wavered in the air and described several circles before they fell at his side; seeing which, Frick slipped out from underneath him and began to belabor Joel to his heart's content. Five Little Peppers and their Friends If he met an idler in the streets, he would belabor him with his cane and probably put him in the army. A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. "Plague take that gong! how it does belabor and thrash one's tympanum!" said the judge irritably, as he slowly arose to dress for dinner. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths The doctors have belabored me With potion and with pill; My hours of life are counted O man of tape and quill! The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe As he put his head in at the coach door, he was seized by the collar of his coat and held fast, while two men came up behind and belabored him with sticks. The Eve of the French Revolution The whole crew of them perched on the Norwegian and belabored him with broomsticks and bale-sticks until they roused the sleeping Berserk in him. The Making of an American Then he cunningly possesses himself of Masetto's weapons and belabors him stoutly with his own cudgel. A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music Some of them went to the play and to dance, others hastened to the public-houses, where they asked for wine, got drunk, brawled, quarreled, and at last took up cudgels, and belabored each other. Household Tales by Brothers Grimm I suppose Fred intended to knock the professor down and belabor him with the same stick he had used on me, but the plan died stillborn. The Ivory Trail At that word I ceased belaboring him, for this was the first time he had ever uttered that word. How I Found Livingstone; travels, adventures, and discoveres in Central Africa, including an account of four months' residence with Dr. Livingstone, by Henry M. Stanley The man, evidently a ryot, is lying on his back, his feet are lashed together and held soles uppermost by means of an horizontal pole, while the farrashes briskly belabor them with willow sticks. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran And concerning Christianity, the poor system has been so belabored of late with hard blows, that it is almost a wonder it still breathes. Ardath Another franchise had slipped out of the Common Council into the transit company's pocket, and even the partizan papers mildly belabored the aldermanic body. Half a Rogue He belabored everybody and every thing, upset church and state, called names, arranged heaven and earth to suit himself, and evidently meant every word he said. Work: a Story of Experience The guards swore it was our surrender that had drawn the fire, and belabored us the more on that account. Hira Singh : when India came to fight in Flanders Through the window of the barber shop he saw the "mean man" frantically belaboring the barber with a hair brush, while his hair stood up stiff as bayonets in all directions. American Fairy Tales Besides observing the oscillations of my coat, I had at times a stupid satisfaction in seeing my two new London trunks belabor each other about my stateroom floor. Winter Sunshine These spoke of his candidacy in the highest terms, and belabored the editors of Herculaneum for not accepting such a good chance of ridding itself of McQuadeism. Half a Rogue The dark night allowed these only to see a peasant in his shirt sleeves, and bareheaded, who belabored a large gray mare, on which he rode bareback, with his heels and a huge stick. Within an Inch of His Life If I had been ill-natured, I should have shown up the little great man, who had once belabored me in his feeble way. Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works And through the long afternoon, with unceasing and brutal ferocity, he belabored the faltering, stumbling, half-starved creatures, till from sheer exhaustion they were like to fall upon the trail. Corporal Cameron of the North West Mounted Police; a tale of the Macleod trail Upon this the savage to whom she belonged belabored her with a large stick, and not succeeding in driving her before him, he knocked her down and jumped upon her. In the Heart of Africa |
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