as in fatigue
a complete depletion of energy or strength
with all of the work and activity that the holiday season brings, the working couple was on the point of exhaustion
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Recent Examples of exhaustion
Lukewarm reception to The Book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi already signaled audiences’ exhaustion with live-action Disney+ series backfilling character lore.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 June 2025
Deanna Gorman knows very well about the white hot pain, nausea and exhaustion that come with migraine headaches.
—Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2025
After poetically collapsing to his knee at mid-ice with exhaustion as the final seconds ticked away in last year’s Game 7, McDavid and the Oilers appear to be in top shape heading into the Finals.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 4 June 2025
With ubiquity came a degree of creative exhaustion.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 6 June 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 June 2025
Deanna Gorman knows very well about the white hot pain, nausea and exhaustion that come with migraine headaches.
—Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 6 June 2025
After poetically collapsing to his knee at mid-ice with exhaustion as the final seconds ticked away in last year’s Game 7, McDavid and the Oilers appear to be in top shape heading into the Finals.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 4 June 2025
With ubiquity came a degree of creative exhaustion.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 6 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for exhaustion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exhaustion
Noun
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Regardless of your fitness level, stay alert for other cardiac warning signs, too: pain that radiates down your arm or jaw, unusual fatigue, and fainting or almost fainting.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
23 June 2025
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Add alert fatigue and organizations are left with blind spots hidden behind dashboards.—
Rick Hutchinson,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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Despite official reassurances, the currency markets are painting a different picture — one of accelerating collapse.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
20 June 2025
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The new legislation was passed in the aftermath of the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside in June 2021 which killed 98 people.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 June 2025
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“Exhaustion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhaustion. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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