exhaust
Example Sentences
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"It was exhausting for us, so I dread to think how poor Marigold felt."
From BBC
Out of their victory over sin and guilt, Hawthorne builds the “city on a hill” that the American republic would become: a dynamic vessel for people and ideas fleeing an exhausted Old World.
"I've had better days," the exhausted looking singer told fans from his hospital bed.
From BBC
Dan told the BBC the monitoring and caring for a severely disabled child meant neither he or his partner got much sleep, were exhausted and also had two other children to care for.
From BBC
But if that storage is at capacity. a "reasonable excuse" clause in Daera policy allows them to spread a minimal amount if they have exhausted all other options.
From BBC
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