Sentence examples for arduous at first from inspiring English sources
"It was arduous at first," she says.
At the gold fields of Ballarat, he described mining as "arduous at first" and causing "much backache and blistering of hands" (1 ).
This defiance suggests that the peace process, despite the hope it has engendered on both sides, could be longer and more arduous than at first anticipated.
He ultimately wants to get Breather rooms up and running in "every major city," a task that apparently isn't as arduous as it would seem at first glance.
He knows better than most the arduous path we have taken in at first rejecting one religious and ethnic group after another in order to only later incorporate them into an ever expanding narrative of our American diversity.
Soon the complaining resembles a walk in thick mud, the feet sink in nicely at first, but every step that follows becomes more arduous.
And, at first hearing, it's something of a trial — demanding and arduous, like so much of modern music.
At first, this part of the job description was almost too arduous to make the work worth it: yes, yes, I've always known I sound gay.
At 14,000 feet, climbing was arduous, but the first site -- the White Temple, Lhakhang Karpo -- was not that far.
Commuting to nirvana is less arduous at Pier 25.
