demanding
adjective
de·mand·ing
di-ˈman-diŋ 
-ˈmän-,
dē-
: requiring much time, effort, or attention : exacting
a demanding job
demanding customers
demandingness
noun
Synonyms
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Holy Week is one of the most demanding and significant on the Christian calendar, and Francis has been dogged all winter by what the Vatican has called the flu, bronchitis and cold-like symptoms.
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Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
The former includes two DirectX 12 gaming simulations from UL's 3DMark, Night Raid (more modest, suitable for systems with integrated graphics) and Time Spy (more demanding, suitable for gaming rigs with discrete GPUs).
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
After working in the oil and gas industry more than four decades, Tuttle is looking for a job that's less physically demanding.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
Girma was coming off a demanding effort — not that her body language would’ve tipped anyone off.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
So that asks for a flexibility, an emotional and intellectual flexibility that is very demanding and hard.
—Hemal Jhaveri, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
The antics of pop’s then 20-year-old wild child were attention demanding and culturally complicated, but the spectacle nearly swallowed the music whole.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
Schneider left the network in 2018 after an internal investigation into his allegedly verbally abusive and demanding behavior on set.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
And his orchestra was busy with standout performances — Raphael Figueroa’s endearing, assertive cello playing; Anton Rist’s splendid (and demanding) clarinet solos; Hannah Cope’s lucid harp.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
Jason Horowitz, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
The former includes two DirectX 12 gaming simulations from UL's 3DMark, Night Raid (more modest, suitable for systems with integrated graphics) and Time Spy (more demanding, suitable for gaming rigs with discrete GPUs).
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
After working in the oil and gas industry more than four decades, Tuttle is looking for a job that's less physically demanding.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2024
Girma was coming off a demanding effort — not that her body language would’ve tipped anyone off.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
So that asks for a flexibility, an emotional and intellectual flexibility that is very demanding and hard.
—Hemal Jhaveri, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024
The antics of pop’s then 20-year-old wild child were attention demanding and culturally complicated, but the spectacle nearly swallowed the music whole.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2024
Schneider left the network in 2018 after an internal investigation into his allegedly verbally abusive and demanding behavior on set.
—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
And his orchestra was busy with standout performances — Raphael Figueroa’s endearing, assertive cello playing; Anton Rist’s splendid (and demanding) clarinet solos; Hannah Cope’s lucid harp.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
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“Demanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demanding. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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