Demanding
[dɪ'mɑːndɪŋ] or [dɪ'mændɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; 'found the job very demanding'; 'a baby can be so demanding' .
Checker: Max--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Demand
Typist: Norton
Examples
- He amazed and horrified his five companions by demanding ordinary food and refusing to continue his self-mortifications. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- All of these details received Mr. Edison's personal care and consideration on the spot, in addition to the multitude of other affairs demanding his thought. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- At midnight a number of them came thundering at our door, demanding more rum, of which we took no notice. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- That there was any Fancy in them demanding to be brought into healthy existence instead of struggling on in convulsions? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- By demanding payment of the bank, the owner of a bank credit would lose this premium. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Thus constant devotion to pursuits strenuously demanding labour-saving devices evolved a race of keen inventors and mechanics. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The one great outrage of her life, demanding to be constantly avenged, was the passage of a donkey over that immaculate spot. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There is thus a heavy toll reckoned against the user, and the creditor is relentless in demanding payment. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- At the same time other problems were demanding solution. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Mrs Lammle gave him the look of a decidedly dissatisfied party demanding exemption from the category; but said nothing. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Then the eager spectators gathered round the count, demanding an explanation. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In his usual mode of demanding an opinion (he had not reticence to wait till it was voluntarily offered) he asked, Were you interested? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- All her men were dead, it remained to her only to stand alone in indomitable assertion, demanding nothing. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Norton