Exhausting
[ɪg'zɔːstɪŋ;eg-] or [ɪg'zɔstɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) producing exhaustion; 'an exhausting march'; 'the visit was especially wearing' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Exhaust
(a.) Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors.
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Examples
- It was an hour of exhausting work. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- By compressing or exhausting air through this tube it is obvious that the lever, N, will be raised or depressed, and the clockwork set going accordingly. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I had a series of vacuum-pumps worked by mercury and used for exhausting experimental incandescent lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Though warm-hearted and sympathetic, she was not nervous; powerful emotions could rouse and sway without exhausting her spirit. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The antiseptic treatment of wounds, by which the long and exhausting suppuration is avoided, is among the most notable of the latter. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They went on to exhausting conflicts. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Enormous Demand for Cork Exhausting the Supply. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- It was the last self-exhausting effort of my fretfulness, for after that I slept soundly. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- It must have been exhausting work. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- We were seldom shaded from the declining sun, whose slant beams were instinct with exhausting heat. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- I remember in the early days of the electric light he wanted a mercury pump for exhausting the lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It was a tiresome ride to us, and perfectly exhausting to the horses. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Both Lilienthal and Chanute had tried to balance by shifting their weight, but this was extremely exhausting, and often could not be done in time to meet the changing currents. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- She lay in intense and vivid consciousness, an exhausting superconsciousness. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The journey to the Dead Sea, the Jordan and Bethlehem was short, but it was an exhausting one. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Moreover, a great and exhausting struggle began with the Sassanid Empire in Persia. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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