gruelingly

Example Sentences

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What plays at first like a suspenseful guessing game slowly flattens out, shedding its layers of implication and mystery to become a gruelingly obvious pseudo-philosophical parlor trick.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2023

Baseball is played over a gruelingly long season, so it is particularly susceptible to fluctuations in Momentum, which is in turn affected by Morale.

From Washington Post • Jun. 3, 2019

This appears to have developed in the New World, with the introduction of gruelingly labor-intensive crops such as sugar and coffee.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

All year the Mets have endured punishing travel itineraries, strange weather patterns and gruelingly long games.

From New York Times • Jul. 9, 2013

The professors' philosophical rivalry dominates most of their dialogue, which is at times gruelingly cerebral.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 21, 2011