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Examples of grueling in a Sentence
running a marathon is grueling
cutting diamonds can be grueling work
Recent Examples of grueling from the Web
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Moreover, lawmakers face a grueling calendar, beginning with an unfinished health-care bill and -- after the August break -- a series of deadlines in September and October to keep the government functioning and avert a default on U.S. debt.
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And Clinton herself was the subject of a steady stream of derision, carefully pitched to Trump's own biases and insecurities and delivered with the passion of a cornerman firing up a boxer for one last grueling round in the ring.
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And Clinton herself was the subject of a steady stream of derision, carefully pitched to Trump’s own biases and insecurities and delivered with the passion of a cornerman firing up a boxer for one last grueling round in the ring.
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Still, a number of readers described how physically grueling experiences can prove to be emotionally and mentally formative.
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The signature win capped a grueling weekend for Rodger, a practicing attorney at Bingham Greenebaum Doll.
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The series needs huge sweeping differences—with a grueling yearly release schedule, Assassin’s Creed has suffered from consumer and critical malaise more than perhaps any Ubisoft property.
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The Race to Alaska is one of the more unusual, more punishing events in American sport -- a grueling 750-mile boat race from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska with just one rule: No motors.
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The most grueling part of the fitness testing occurs at the end of the circuit, when the prospects ride a stationary grade-spin bike.
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Origin and Etymology of grueling
from present participle of obsolete gruel to exhaust, punish, from gruel, noun
GRUELING Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of grueling for English Language Learners
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: very difficult : requiring great effort
GRUELING Defined for Kids
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\ˈgrü-ə-liŋ\Definition of grueling for Students
: calling for great effort a grueling job
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