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.
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
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
Rachel — despite her challenges with Celeste, her old lover David, her ailing ex-husband and her enervating work life — also discovers good things about her new life as her body changes.
From Los Angeles Times
For the onetime Rangers managing partner, it was an enervating finale to a championship that eluded him when he was signing the checks.
From New York Times
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