enervating

Example Sentences

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When U.S. troops were poised on the border of Iraq in 2003, U.S. officials didn’t consider the grinding, enervating war of counterinsurgency that lay ahead.

From Washington Post

There’s the crux of Mohamed’s artistry: Her clear-eyed acknowledgment of this man’s self-pity runs parallel to her piercing exposure of his society’s relentless, enervating prejudice.

From Washington Post

Only then can they find a way to enjoy the process, as enervating as it might be.

From New York Times

The massive gloom, the enervating buzzkill of Tuesday, seemed to have lifted every so slightly by game time Wednesday, before the Mariners ended the homestand that was supposed to determine the fate of their season.

From Seattle Times

It’s been an enervating, affirming winter slog, but we made it, and with the first ball tossed this morning, the summer of sport – the ridiculous summer of sport – is upon us.

From The Guardian