enervating
Example Sentences
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It gives the musical a rousing finish, but cannot erase the enervating effect of much of what has come before.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
Yet when he spoke following the haphazard 2-1 Europa League defeat on Thursday, there was a enervating familiarity about how the Rangers head coach explained away the outcome.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025
To be sure, not every episode has been equally good — one or two I would describe as not good — and some story arcs I found more rewarding, or more enervating, than others.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023
In high season, pushing through the crowds clogging the temple’s graceful walkways had become an enervating and dispiriting ordeal that few locals would willingly undergo.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2022
McCoy feared that the rarefied air in the Enterprise was enervating the crew.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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