belaboured in a sentence

1. Between 1966 and 1968, Paul VI seemed to waver before taking a tormented and belaboured decision.

2. At the same time, the US was endorsing one of the most belaboured and discredited exercises in imperial mapmaking - the McMahon Line - and an instance of great power betrayal - the alienation of Tawang.

3. Third, we need to try to be as efficient as possible in everything we do, whether it's flying across the world — the UN took a first, belaboured stab at regulating airline emissions last week — or designing buildings that use less electricity through passive heating and cooling.