belabour

/ bɪˈleɪbə /

verb

1. to beat severely; thrash
2. to attack verbally; criticize harshly
3. an obsolete word for labour

Example Sentences

The captain over-elaborates and the move fizzles out, but at the risk of belabouring the point, this is really impressive stuff from Alli.

From The Guardian

An otherwise good over ends with a rank bad ball - short, wide and belaboured through extra cover for four by Smith.

From The Guardian

We sit as though in a boiler that is being belaboured from without on all sides.

From Literature

Acknowledge, but don’t belabour, the dreadful grief and pain that the person must be feeling.

From The Guardian

At the risk of belabouring the point, “Mother!” concerns itself with a topic that often proves unfashionable in American art, if not American life itself.

From Salon