demanding
requiring or claiming more than is generally felt by others to be due: a demanding teacher.
calling for intensive effort or attention; taxing: a demanding job.
Origin of demanding
1Other words from demanding
- de·mand·ing·ly, adverb
- non·de·mand·ing, adjective
- o·ver·de·mand·ing, adjective
- o·ver·de·mand·ing·ly, adverb
- qua·si-de·mand·ing, adjective
- qua·si-de·mand·ing·ly, adverb
- un·de·mand·ing, adjective
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How to use demanding in a sentence
There’s this homeostasis when people are engaged and they’re not tired, and whatever they’re paying attention at the time is not too demanding or too boring, they probably don’t need to be fidgeting.
“We accept a responsibility as daunting and demanding as any that previous generations of leadership have faced,” the California Democrat told the chamber as she accepted a fresh two-year term in her post, perhaps her last.
“We are not going to forget, as we move into the challenging and demanding years ahead, that no group of our citizens can be denied the right to participate in the opportunities of first-class citizenship,” Sanford said near the end of his speech.
How a courageous Southern governor broke ranks with segregationists in 1961 | John Drescher | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostThis is his seventh NFL season, and even in a sport as physical and demanding as football, Moses’s ability and willingness to play through injury stand out.
Inside a week of recovery with Morgan Moses, one of Washington’s toughest players | Sam Fortier | December 26, 2020 | Washington PostIf hard and seemingly futile work on a difficult problem is followed up with a less demanding activity that does not require complete focus—walking, showering, cooking—a mind is free to wander.
When Yoo and Lee were arrested for the bombing and the snakes, Korean film employees staged protests demanding their release.
Propaganda, Protest, and Poisonous Vipers: The Cinema War in Korea | Rich Goldstein | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTConservatives get nowhere by demanding “deregulation,” because liberals are correct that most Americans want clean water.
To this day, Tavakoli is languishing in prison for nothing more than demanding basic human rights.
Behind Bars for the Holidays: 11 Political Prisoners We Want to See Free In 2015 | Movements.Org | December 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe deacon said he is demanding an explanation from Williams.
Exposed: The Gay-Bashing Pastor’s Same-Sex Assault | M.L. Nestel | December 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBefore their sitdown Friday, Justice League NYC had been demanding a meeting with the mayor for more than a week.
But she did not mind; there appeared to be a hundred different things demanding her attention indoors.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinOther newspapers had taken up the cry, demanding that the Black Hood be taken dead or alive.
When about half way to Monticello three rough-looking men blocked the road, demanding his name and the reason of his haste.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnEverywhere man is earnestly and sternly demanding an equitable distribution of the productions of nature and art.
Man And His Ancestor | Charles MorrisThis is a difficult task, demanding the most delicate musical perception, as well as a great knowledge of musical history.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
British Dictionary definitions for demanding
/ (dɪˈmɑːndɪŋ) /
requiring great patience, skill, etc: a demanding job
Derived forms of demanding
- demandingly, adverb
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