grueling
adjective
gru·el·ing
ˈgrü-ə-liŋ 
variants
or gruelling
: trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
a grueling race
Examples of grueling in a Sentence
running a marathon is grueling
cutting diamonds can be grueling work
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Creators can wrestle with feast-or-famine income, grueling admin work, and platforms that too often siphon off value.
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Matt Emma, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
For Morgan, making a video at the end of the day, debriefing all aspects of the long, grueling days of recruitment, was never going to be a polished piece of content.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
It’s been a bit of a grueling – and wholly unnecessary – wait, but at least that’s very soon!
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Asking ordinary Americans to perform grueling feats of strength is unlikely to make a dent in the obesity rate, no matter how tough the talk.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
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Matt Emma, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
For Morgan, making a video at the end of the day, debriefing all aspects of the long, grueling days of recruitment, was never going to be a polished piece of content.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
It’s been a bit of a grueling – and wholly unnecessary – wait, but at least that’s very soon!
—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Asking ordinary Americans to perform grueling feats of strength is unlikely to make a dent in the obesity rate, no matter how tough the talk.
—Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grueling
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“Grueling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grueling. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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