Sentence examples for were painstakingly from inspiring English sources
adverb
In a painstaking manner; very slowly and carefully.
Mostly, however, original parts were painstakingly renewed.
We ended up with about 300 separate nominations, which were painstakingly sifted by our expert panel.
Back then, the smallest slights were painstakingly analyzed; alliances changed like the weather.
Most were in stockpiles, but some 4m were painstakingly found and dug up.
These tomatoes tended to be tiny, and were painstakingly bred for size as well as flavor.
The elegant animal statues were painstakingly pieced together in Berlin and placed in the reconstructed gate.
Nearly 200 transphobic murders were painstakingly recorded last year by the Transrespect vs Transphobia project.
The finely drawn characters were painstakingly cast, with 600 actors auditioned for the 23 roles.
Our satellite phone was confiscated and our cameras, after nearly being impounded, were painstakingly "registered".
From these, selected images were painstakingly restored for an exhibition at the Newseum in Washington DC.
As the Times' obituary of Rankin, who died in February, explained, "Mr. Rankin's stop-motion films were painstakingly handmade.
