herculean
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How to use herculean in a sentence
The main conclusion is that a startling number of these athletes, who are presumably performing herculean feats in their training, are falling way short of their sleep goals.
It’s already a herculean task, and allows brains to literally link to a computer.
A New Brain Implant Automatically Detects and Kills Pain in Real Time | Shelly Fan | June 29, 2021 | Singularity HubSo, this was a herculean effort that has gone on all the time trying to do the vaccine studies for coronavirus disease, which we were also incredibly successful in.
HIV research sped development of COVID vaccine | Lou Chibbaro Jr. | June 23, 2021 | Washington BladeAlthough slots are being made available now, it may be too little, too late for such a herculean task.
Tech issues are blocking the road to US student visas for Indian hopefuls | Ananya Bhattacharya | June 23, 2021 | QuartzI mean, once you get a surge start happening, then it takes a herculean effort to turn it around.
As variants surge, efforts in a patchwork of surveillance have ramped up to detect them | Erin Cox, Jenna Portnoy | April 11, 2021 | Washington Post
For women with ADHD conforming to these problematic standards is a herculean task.
Those versions of the story present a herculean drama of man versus nature.
Polar Explorer vs. Reality TV Crew: Tim Jarvis in the Footsteps of Shackleton | Darrell Hartman | January 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt goes back to the Greeks and the idea of sport as some sort of herculean sacrifice without personal enrichment.
Now even the scaled-down agreement is proving a herculean task.
Tangling with the ancients in this way takes a certain herculean arrogance.
A Manifesto for Disorder: Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s ‘Antifragile’ Reviewed | Robert Herritt | November 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTShe comprehended at a glance his herculean abilities, and the important aid he could render the Republican cause.
Madame Roland, Makers of History | John S. C. AbbottMy thoughts had never depicted such a herculean and rude specimen of humanity.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneIt was a complete breakdown, pitiful from its contrast with the man's herculean physique and fine, if contracted, features.
The Circular Study | Anna Katharine GreenBetween these herculean shoulders rose a neck of which the muscles stood out like cords.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereNo boisterous revelry—all seemed to sleep innocent and calm in the moonlight after the day of herculean toil.
It Is Never Too Late to Mend | Charles Reade
British Dictionary definitions for herculean
/ (ˌhɜːkjʊˈliːən) /
requiring tremendous effort, strength, etc: a herculean task
(sometimes capital) resembling Hercules in strength, courage, etc
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