In the early years this was slow and painstaking work.

What kind of madness would create a position that calls for such painstaking and thorough work?

There was painstaking work done on our proposed bill for many months.

In both cases, the painstaking work that has gone into producing the garden is hidden from view.

It took him eight hours of careful, painstaking work to reach the summit.

It is painstaking work but fun of a serious sort.

After years of painstaking work, the restored chamber was opened to the public in May 1975.

"It's the result of painstaking Soviet work in the area."

It was painstaking work, but necessary if the operation were to be successful.

The new book took him more than five years of painstaking work.