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Examples of taxing in a Sentence
The journey proved to be very taxing.
a very taxing workload that is taking a lot of time to finish
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As June sets in, and with it the months-long peak season of fishing participation (and fish cleaning) in Texas, plus the approach of Father’s Day, almost all anglers are looking for a way to make that task less taxing and more efficient.
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Harvesting the eggs was a physically taxing process, requiring several weeks of daily estrogen injections that felt counter-productive to Cabanban, who longed to look and feel more masculine.
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When an area is designated as a TIF district, property tax revenue – which is split up among taxing bodies including public schools – is frozen.
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Brownlee’s performance was nothing short of a triumph, quite the finest singing of this most taxing tenor role one is likely to hear in any opera house today.
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That was just one of the extremely taxing experiences in Mauti's life.
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That goes double for the emotionally taxing process of sorting the physical possessions loved ones leave behind, a process that inspired Steppenwolf ensemble member Molly Regan's new solo play, The Accidental Curator.
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The most taxing part of being in the all-male cast may be the training.
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The nearly three-hour workout was one of the most physical and taxing practices in recent memory, taking place in triple-digit heat indices and under an unrelenting Louisiana sun.
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First Known Use of taxing
1841
taxing Synonyms
Synonyms
arduous, burdensome, challenging, demanding, exacting, grueling (or gruelling), killing, laborious, onerous, persnickety, toilsome;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
easy, effortless, facile, simple, smooth;
Related Words
difficult, formidable, hard, herculean, rough, rugged, stiff, strenuous, testing, tough;
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Definition of taxing for English Language Learners
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: requiring a lot of effort, energy, etc.
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