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demanding
adjective as in challenging, urgent
Strongest matches
ambitious, critical, difficult, exacting, exhausting, hard, onerous, pressing, strict, stringent, taxing, tough, troublesome, trying
Weak matches
backbreaker, bothersome, clamorous, dictatorial, exigent, fussy, grievous, imperious, importunate, insistent, oppressive, querulous, weighty
Example Sentences
This likely explains why Trump is demanding that the new Senate majority leader, whoever that runs out to be — Mitch McConnell is retiring from GOP leadership, at long last — will ensure that his nominations are handled by recess appointments rather than the usual constitutionally required confirmation process.
The pair were demanding action against Paty, who they condemned as a "thug" and wanted removed.
Sniffy Shakespeare scholars and demanding drama critics clearly aren’t the target audience.
He was detained in 2001 after his paper published letters demanding democratic reforms.
“And then it made some of us feel more galvanized, like now is not the time to stop. Now is not the time to stop talking, to stop fighting, to stop demanding dignity for Palestinians in Gaza.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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