exhaustion
Example Sentences
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What looks like resilience is often the final stage of exhaustion, until participation fades and the weight of distribution pulls the market lower.
From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026
Godlove was hospitalized several times for exhaustion and died in 1954 before finishing the thousands of color definitions he had been preparing for Webster’s Third.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
You also spoke of another, often forgotten, aspect of fighting for representation of an elderly person, and attempting to remove bad actors from their life — physical and mental exhaustion.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026
Psychotherapist Anna Mathur says "often when women feel safe enough to talk about maternal regret what comes up isn't a lack of love, but a sense of isolation, exhaustion, or lost identity."
From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026
It was late in the afternoon, though, and he saw the exhaustion on their faces, in the way they slouched their bodies.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
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