Their painstaking efforts are often cited as a case study in the challenge of suburban redevelopment.

The old man inscribed his message with painstaking effort, making no mistakes.

His painstaking efforts to avoid contact with the police had proved futile.

The mock wedding was one attempt; less able residents require more painstaking efforts.

That he liked her painstaking efforts to make her house nice.

The drive for accuracy involves painstaking efforts, even in demolition.

But with each crooked letter, he knew the painstaking effort it took for her to write their names.

The work in the mines at times involves painstaking efforts.

It must have been a gigantic, painstaking effort despite the fact that he does not believe in these restrictions (Pg 14).

But even such painstaking efforts could do little to assuage the sorrow.