How do you use Painstaking in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like conscientious or scrupulous, plus the exact meaning.
Painstaking meaning
Carefully attentive to details; studious; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
Synonyms of Painstaking
Using Painstaking
- The main meaning on this page is: Carefully attentive to details; studious; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
- Useful related words include: conscientious, scrupulous, careful.
- In the example corpus, painstaking often appears in combinations such as: the painstaking, of painstaking, painstaking process.
Context around Painstaking
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Painstaking
- In this selection, "painstaking" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, recent, slow, work, task and process stand out and add context to how "painstaking" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a slow painstaking task and archaeology is painstaking work. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "painstaking" sits close to words such as amicable, amiga and ankles, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with painstaking
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Archaeology is painstaking work. (4 words)
It was painstaking work but it was necessary. (8 words)
It is expected it to be a slow, painstaking task. (10 words)
Before taking annual leave over summer, with the view to make my return to work simpler, I went through the painstaking task of unsubscribing from a host of e-mails which I had not invited to be delivered to my in-box or no longer required. (46 words)
In the declaration, Clark described the painstaking negotiations over language in the immunity provision of the deal, saying that prosecutors assured him that there were no other pending probes of Hunter Biden aside from the tax and gun cases. (39 words)
Earlier this week, military analyst Roman Svitan said there have been “three or four days of painstaking hard work by our assault group and commanders in the area which have led to very serious problems for the Russians”. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Archaeology is painstaking work.
Author Dr Paul Lee has documented more than 5,500 reported hauntings around the country over nearly 10 years of painstaking research - and are all included in our map.
Before taking annual leave over summer, with the view to make my return to work simpler, I went through the painstaking task of unsubscribing from a host of e-mails which I had not invited to be delivered to my in-box or no longer required.
During the recent painstaking revamp of the Grade I-listed structure, even the faintest whir of a builder’s drill was scrutinized by planning regulators.
Earlier this week, military analyst Roman Svitan said there have been “three or four days of painstaking hard work by our assault group and commanders in the area which have led to very serious problems for the Russians”.
In addition to the painstaking work, McCoy hosted a dinner Tuesday night at the Rice Bowl for the research team and members of the local Chinese community.
In a painstaking process, the prosecution walked the jury through the fated events of that dreadful night, replaying the grim footage over and over as Lefoe sat quietly in the dock.
In the declaration, Clark described the painstaking negotiations over language in the immunity provision of the deal, saying that prosecutors assured him that there were no other pending probes of Hunter Biden aside from the tax and gun cases.
It follows a painstaking three-month build of scaffolding that, when laid end-to-end, stretches three times the length of Aberdeen’s Union Street.
It is expected it to be a slow, painstaking task.
It’s a just a snapshot of a single preseason performance — one that will mean very little in the grand scheme — but it represents the painstaking path Yzerman has had to take.
It was painstaking work but it was necessary.
Restoring the fire-damaged Notre Dame de Paris is a painstaking process, but there is a dedicated team working on the project.
The camera of the livestream zoomed close, capturing the painstaking efforts.
The deal last month was the result of painstaking negotiations between Israel, Hamas and the US, with Qatar playing a major mediating role.
The house Ms Edmunds shared with her two young children and partner remained under cordon until late Tuesday while a painstaking forensic examination was carried out.
The IDF’s Yahalom Unit – a combat engineering special forces unit – is continuing with the dangerous and painstaking task of collecting explosives and weapons that Hamas terrorists used for the October 7 massacre.
The legal process of a car accident case can be a painstaking one requiring effort from all parties involved in order to satisfactorily resolve the dispute.
There’s a painstaking history of the use of bitumen over the millenniums.
This required filming scenes with skinny Steve Rogers in three different ways through a painstaking process.
Common combinations with painstaking
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the painstaking 25×
- of painstaking 15×
- painstaking process 15×
- and painstaking 13×
- painstaking work 12×
- in painstaking 11×
- painstaking research 6×
- painstaking efforts 6×
- painstaking and 6×
- be painstaking 5×