enervating
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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It gives the musical a rousing finish, but cannot erase the enervating effect of much of what has come before.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025
Yet when he spoke following the haphazard 2-1 Europa League defeat on Thursday, there was a enervating familiarity about how the Rangers head coach explained away the outcome.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025
Rachel — despite her challenges with Celeste, her old lover David, her ailing ex-husband and her enervating work life — also discovers good things about her new life as her body changes.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023
Tired: I think of these enervating interruptions as “The Dead See Scrolls.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022
On the contrary: if something’s enervating, it drains you of energy.
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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