She has to go through a painstaking gynecological examination and then face the questions of investigating officers, one of whom is openly skeptical about her story.

Dismounting, I laid Powell upon the ground, but the most painstaking examination failed to reveal the faintest spark of life.

"There was painstaking examination of the mass of material found during searches," he said.

The Shadow found, after a painstaking examination, that the short bar between the two vertical strokes of the "A," was a lever.

Alone in the room, Kilkenny began a painstaking examination of the dead man's gear.

Sondra described everything in detail, from her reception by the two Amaris and on through her painstaking examination of the form-change equipment.

It has taken painstaking paleographic and codicologic examinations of the manuscript to determine what the scribe actually did.

Left to himself Inspector Tanner began one of his careful, painstaking examinations.

A delicate and painstaking examination with her fingertips yielded nothing.

Am I the only one to feel queasy over the painstaking examination of this boy's psyche - perhaps including this very article?