grueling
adjective
gru·el·ing
ˈgrü-ə-liŋ 
variants
or gruelling
: trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
a grueling race
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Examples of grueling in a Sentence
running a marathon is grueling
cutting diamonds can be grueling work
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More chamber piece than horror picture, Henry Hobson’s understated and somber film deals with a zombie outbreak in realistically grueling terms.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2024
Woven throughout this dutiful history are scenes of Jon in more recent years, as Chopra follows the singer through his 2022 tour, subsequent vocal surgery and grueling recovery process.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2024
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2024
Woven throughout this dutiful history are scenes of Jon in more recent years, as Chopra follows the singer through his 2022 tour, subsequent vocal surgery and grueling recovery process.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Apr. 2024
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 3 May. 2024.
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