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Discover LudwigThe phrase "was painstaking" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe a process or effort that requires a lot of careful attention and effort. Example: "The artist's work was painstaking, as she spent hours perfecting every detail of her painting."
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was painstaking
adjective
Carefully attentive to details; diligent in performing a process or procedure.
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The process was painstaking.
The privatization of the mines was painstaking.
With nineties-era technology, this was painstaking work.
The other keystone of Ludlum's popularity was painstaking research.
The intelligence effort was painstaking, defense officials said, noting that one prisoner had 13 aliases.
Rembrandt was painstaking, certainly; but maybe he wasn't all that honest, after all.
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But progress is painstaking.
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