demanding
adjective
de·mand·ing
di-ˈman-diŋ 
-ˈmän-,
dē-
: requiring much time, effort, or attention : exacting
a demanding job
demanding customers
demandingness
noun
Examples of demanding in a Sentence
She had a demanding schedule with little free time.
Factory work can be physically demanding.
I have heard it is one of the most demanding courses at the university.
Their boss was really demanding, often expecting them to work long into the night.
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Further stymying manufacturing’s renaissance is that plant work isn’t just dirty and physically demanding – albeit less than in prior generations – but also relatively low-paying with limited career prospects.
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Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
But the plaintiffs in the case and the Biden administration said the appeals court was wrong to apply that standard and should have instead analyzed it under the most demanding level, strict scrutiny, because the law impedes adults' access to speech protected by the Constitution.
—June 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
What kind of people will be attracted to politics in this day and age, to serve in jobs that have long paid very, very little and been very, very demanding and are now presumed to be a lot more dangerous than people thought?
—Fiction Non Fiction
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
To pull off that feat, Morrison’s mode was to be relentlessly demanding—of herself, her authors, and her Random House colleagues.
—Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
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Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
But the plaintiffs in the case and the Biden administration said the appeals court was wrong to apply that standard and should have instead analyzed it under the most demanding level, strict scrutiny, because the law impedes adults' access to speech protected by the Constitution.
—June 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
What kind of people will be attracted to politics in this day and age, to serve in jobs that have long paid very, very little and been very, very demanding and are now presumed to be a lot more dangerous than people thought?
—Fiction Non Fiction
june 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
To pull off that feat, Morrison’s mode was to be relentlessly demanding—of herself, her authors, and her Random House colleagues.
—Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 24 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for demanding
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“Demanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demanding. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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