Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Tending to exhaust, enfeeble, or drain the strength: as, exhausting labor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Producing exhaustion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Very
tiring . - verb Present participle of
exhaust .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a debilitating effect
- adjective producing exhaustion
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Examples
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Plath may not have enjoyed what she described as an exhausting evening of burned popcorn and endless storybook reading, but at least she and her charges emerged relatively unscathed.
Slate Articles Ruth Graham 2011
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Nadal knocks off Verdasco in exhausting Australian semifinal
Nadal knocks off Verdasco in exhausting Australian semifinal 2009
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Additionally, chemical analysis indicated that the right side of the Orbiter was sprayed by hot propellant gases exhausting from the hole in the inboard circumference of the right Solid Rocket Booster.
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Nadal knocks off Verdasco in exhausting Australian semifinal tennis | Comment | Recommend
Tennis News: Stories, Tournaments, Rankings, Money Leaders, Davis Cup 2009
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Nadal knocks off Verdasco in exhausting Australian semifinal - USATODAY. com
Nadal knocks off Verdasco in exhausting Australian semifinal 2009
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With quick, crisp passes that slid all over the Rangers end during the advantage, the Penguins moved the New York defenders around in exhausting fashion.
USATODAY.com 2007
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I had to get up way before her father left for work so that she wasn’t left alone, but that got plain exhausting in about 5 minutes so I got fat instead. it is very difficult to exercise when a small child is with you.
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It's physically, emotionally exhausting, which is documented everywhere.
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I've covered that time in what some would speak of as exhausting detail in my blog, so I won't go into it here.
Perfume Review: Bond No 9 Andy Warhol Silver Factory Marina Geigert 2007
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I've covered that time in what some would speak of as exhausting detail in my blog, so I won't go into it here.
Archive 2007-12-01 Marina Geigert 2007
jmjarmstrong commented on the word exhausting
JM knows that installing mufflers must be exhausting work.
July 4, 2011
GHibbs commented on the word exhausting
My adjectival use: 'It is an exhausting job.'
August 22, 2011