exhausting

Example Sentences

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If expenses rise, we can use our cash reserves; only after exhausting those would I consider taxable IRA withdrawals.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

"The purchases were undertaken strictly out of extreme necessity as an extraordinary emergency measure in response to unprecedented geopolitical and supply-chain disruptions and only after exhausting all commercially and operationally viable alternatives," the report reads.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Head nurse Ali Omeis said it was exhausting to be dealing with another war so soon.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

The bots possess an exhausting reflex to present both sides of every issue, creating a false, artificial balance even when the counterargument is absurd.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

“You have no idea how exhausting it’s been.”

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas