How to Use labor-intensive in a Sentence

labor-intensive

adjective
  • It’s seen as a labor-intensive and risky job, Kaneko said.
    Hannah Kirshner, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Time The packing of the tires to build load-bearing walls is very labor-intensive.
    Maria Marabito, Treehugger, 3 July 2023
  • Piles of the seagrass on the beach smell bad and can be labor-intensive and costly to remove.
    USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • But our own labor-intensive projects in the kitchen can also convey our care and love.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • But making a cheesecake at home can seem a labor-intensive and time-sucking task the first time around.
    Lisa Waterman Gray, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The Cost of Control The success of this labor-intensive approach hinges upon the zeal of its enforcers.
    Vivian Wang, New York Times, 25 May 2024
  • The dish is highly labor-intensive, with three different cooks working on it over the course of three shifts.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The funds will also help staff labor-intensive projects like these on refuges that have very few employees, Miller said.
    Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 24 May 2024
  • Fishing was a labor-intensive process of weaving baskets from reeds and laying them in the water to trap fish in the current.
    Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2024
  • In total, the process took me about 10 minutes from start to finish; slicing up the strawberries was the most labor-intensive step.
    Caroline Tien, SELF, 18 June 2024
  • Despite how labor-intensive the process may seem, her main motive was quite the opposite: ease.
    Tayler Adigun, Essence, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Cannabis is among the nation’s most labor-intensive crops, on par with strawberries.
    Paige St. John, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • That’s obviously labor-intensive, and there were a lot of lights involved, but the concept is simple: Create a sky to light all of the sets that are within the space.
    Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Winik said the surge in cases causes more delays because initial case filing is one of the more labor-intensive stages of the court system.
    Christopher Cann, Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
  • True vanilla is a demanding crop, so labor-intensive that at times the market value of the beans has surpassed that of silver, weight for weight.
    Ligaya Mishan Melody Melamed, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Each one takes years of fine-tuning and revisions, a process that is labor-intensive and challenging to scale in a way that would serve the 47 million acres of wheat fields draped across the nation.
    Ryan Kellman, NPR, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Given how labor-intensive setting up thousands of accounts would be, Smith paid people in the U.S. and abroad to help, per the indictment.
    Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
  • As the mom of two small kids with a demanding job, my life is both quotidian and fairly labor-intensive.
    Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Chile peppers, which are usually picked by hand, are a labor-intensive crop.
    Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
  • An older method in which a labor-intensive form of yeast starter is used to begin fermentation.
    Eric Asimov, New York Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • In Vietnam, sticky rice cakes are a beloved, labor-intensive holiday treat.
    Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2024
  • But especially with something as labor-intensive as paint, taking the time to do it right the first time will make the result so much more gratifying in the end.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 6 July 2024
  • One soup became two, then a dozen, with two offered each day, six days a week, each with its own noodle, toppings, garnishes and labor-intensive broth.
    Mrussell, oregonlive, 31 May 2023
  • What kind of half-mad maniacs would embark on such a strange and labor-intensive endeavor?
    Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2024
  • With more outreach workers on the streets, the labor-intensive work of earning a homeless person’s trust continues.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
  • Don't make everything hinge around some big labor-intensive main.
    Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Health care is labor-intensive and wages are often the most substantial cost, so there’s a strong incentive to automate.
    Michael W. Clune, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Apr. 2023
  • While getting the Christmas tree was typically done in the first week of December, the second week was reserved for this labor-intensive process.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The process of extracting psilocybin from mushrooms is labor-intensive and produces a low yield.
    Christine Ricciardi, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
  • When someone reaches out via text or chat, the conversations tend to be longer and more labor-intensive than phone calls, Crehan Neumann said, which can strain staffing numbers.
    Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024

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