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grueling
[ groo-uh-ling, groo-ling ]
adjective
- exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe:
the grueling Boston marathon.
noun
- any trying or exhausting procedure or experience.
Other Words From
- gruel·ing·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Some might lack the fortitude—or masochism—required to endure a grueling campaign (Rubio).
In a grueling two-hour questioning, Carter provided testimony as to why the drug can be useful in pain management.
Jaguar scored epic wins at the grueling Le Mans 24-hour race.
In June 1909, Model Ts were two of the first three finishers in a grueling New York-to-Seattle rally.
After 15 hours of grueling interrogations, he was brought before judges and placed under formal investigation.
The trip promised to be perilous and fraught with danger, as well as grueling and full of hardships.
Stover, in the long grueling days of practice, had won the respect of all.
I had a grueling battle with him, and at the end of two hours and fifty minutes he broke my hook.
Not one day, scarcely one hour had been free of grueling labor.
For infantry as well as cavalry there is the same grueling routine.
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