Fatiguing
[fə'tiɡɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fatigue
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Examples
- And she settled herself, resting against my arm--resting gently, not with honest Mistress Fanshawe's fatiguing and selfish weight. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I had sufficient leisure for these and many other reflections during my journey to Ingolstadt, which was long and fatiguing. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Dear brother, I am happy to see you eat your breakfast with relish, after the fatiguing night you have passed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- To climb a hill must necessarily be fatiguing and annoying exercise for an oyster. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Mrs General sent up her compliments in good time next day, and hoped he had rested well after this fatiguing journey. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Even Marie declared that it was absolutely fatiguing to see Cousin Ophelia always so busy. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- During his journey back to New York the next morning, Archer relived with a fatiguing vividness his last moments at Skuytercliff. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- When we arrived at Dover, after a fatiguing day's journey, we all required rest and sleep; but the scene acting around us soon drove away such ideas. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
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