exhausted

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adjective
  1. drained of strength or energy; worn-out: The illness left me exhausted, both psychologically and physically.

Origin of exhausted

1
First recorded in 1660–70; exhaust + -ed2

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How to use exhausted in a sentence

  • He flung himself upon his bed; no definite thought was in him; he was utterly exhausted.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • A long, dreamless sleep took instant charge of him, for he was exhausted to a state of utter depletion.

    The Wave | Algernon Blackwood
  • The two armies for the time being lay opposite to each other, too exhausted after the struggle to recommence operations.

    Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-Pattison
  • exhausted by her emotion, she would have fallen on the ground, had not Alphonse caught her and raised her in his arms.

  • When partially exhausted the aluminum shutters are dipped into a bath of shellac.