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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Prisoners from the general wards of Evin Prison have been transferred to prisons around Tehran and are being held in harsh, inhumane, and grueling conditions.
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Instead, Gaza has long been a grueling fight against Hamas, which relies on guerrilla tactics to counter Israel’s military superiority.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
On Sunday night, the Thunder outlasted the Indiana Pacers in a grueling Game 7 to bring home their first-ever NBA championship since moving to Oklahoma—an extraordinary achievement for a franchise once dismissed as too young, too small-market, and too slow-moving for today’s win-now culture.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
How Does Exercise Affect the Gut? Anyone who’s been on a long, grueling run knows that intense exercise can wreak havoc on the gut in the short term.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 24 June 2025
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Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
Instead, Gaza has long been a grueling fight against Hamas, which relies on guerrilla tactics to counter Israel’s military superiority.
—Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 26 June 2025
On Sunday night, the Thunder outlasted the Indiana Pacers in a grueling Game 7 to bring home their first-ever NBA championship since moving to Oklahoma—an extraordinary achievement for a franchise once dismissed as too young, too small-market, and too slow-moving for today’s win-now culture.
—Don Yaeger, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
How Does Exercise Affect the Gut? Anyone who’s been on a long, grueling run knows that intense exercise can wreak havoc on the gut in the short term.
—Jamie Ducharme, Health, 24 June 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 8 Jul. 2025.
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