Jan growled, his surly temper worn thin from the hours of tedious search.

They were beginning what they knew would be a long and tedious search.

Inside the house, four of the agents began their tedious search for hidden files.

Therefore he really needn't conduct that tedious search.

But I will not bore you with an account of that tedious search.

Only a long, tedious search for the exit would ever bring me to the outside.

Rejuvenated, they got up and began their tedious search again.

You spare me the labor of a tedious search.

The tedious search was a torment he could have happily done without.

References may not be recommended where they could be appropriate or useful; in other places, too many references can make for a very tedious search.