fatiguing 1 of 2

present participle of fatigue

fatiguing

2 of 2

adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of fatiguing
Verb
Grand Luna has an unprecedented high-frequency extension that goes as high as 30kHz, while remaining smooth, non-fatiguing, and eliminating harshness or sibilance thanks to Campfire’s acoustic engineering. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
This will be his fourth NBA team in a fatiguing three-year stretch. Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025 The 4493 won the gig because of its technical specifications as well as its beguiling sound, which can draw out plenty of nuance in the music without fatiguing the listener’s ears. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2025 Whereas simple sound effects may be fatiguing and lack meaning, musical feedback is a way to enrich the rehabilitation experience and tap into humans’ natural affinity for moving to the beat. IEEE Spectrum, 15 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fatiguing
Verb
  • This constant barrage overshadows the self-care experience, hijacking my focus and frankly, tiring me out.
    Caelan McMichael, Allure, 7 Oct. 2025
  • So people shouldn’t swim against the current, which puts them at risk of tiring out.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Stern also offers a second explanation about how rock fits in with the exhausting political atmosphere.
    Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The heft of the book—at more than six hundred pages, it is exhaustively researched and exhausting to read—reflects the writer’s convictions.
    Maggie Doherty, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Like the rest of the staff, Darwent is wearing a Newcastle tracksuit rather than a suit and tie.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • And the combination of four-wheel drive and Michelin Cup 2 R tires delivers so much traction (on dry asphalt, at least) that the car seems to be wearing running spikes.
    Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • By aligning strategic work with those rhythms, productivity can feel more natural and less draining.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When Benson was on the ice killing penalties, the Sabres generated two scoring chances and allowed zero.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • But Halfmann suspects this hair-trigger system is needlessly killing brain cells in diseases like Alzheimer's.
    Jon Hamilton, NPR, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The debilitating long-term illness affects millions worldwide, including more than 400,000 people in the UK, but has long lacked a definitive diagnostic tool.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Low back pain can be at minimum annoying and at maximum debilitating.
    Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Australia’s 1-0 win at Stade Saputo Friday night handed the Canada head coach his first loss on home soil, getting the October international window off to a discouraging start.
    Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Kindling his broad grin and clean laughter brightened even the most discouraging day.
    Jim Moore, Outdoor Life, 8 Oct. 2025

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“Fatiguing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fatiguing. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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