exhausting

Example Sentences

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Private equity firms have historically generated returns by cutting payrolls and reducing services at acquired companies before exhausting remaining assets.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Keeping a home warm was physically exhausting, and involved exposure to smoke and fire safety risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 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

Many insurers now require precertification, which makes ordering an exercise echocardiogram an exhausting and time-consuming exercise.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 10, 2026

It got kind of exhausting to tread water or balance on tiptoes while the rest of them planted their feet on the bottom.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison