grueling
exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
any trying or exhausting procedure or experience.
Origin of grueling
1- Also especially British, gru·el·ling .
Other words from grueling
- gru·el·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby grueling
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How to use grueling in a sentence
His summer training camps were both grueling and meticulous.
Marty Schottenheimer, one of the NFL’s winningest coaches, dies at 77 | Matt Schudel | February 9, 2021 | Washington PostShe applied to 28 schools and invested thousands of dollars into the process, which she described as “one of the most grueling periods” of her life.
The ten-kilometer skate climb in Val di Fiemme, Italy, is one of the most grueling courses on cross-country skiing’s World Cup circuit.
Jessie Diggins Wins the Tour de France of Skiing | Ariella Gintzler | January 13, 2021 | Outside OnlineAfter a grueling two-week stretch with games every three or four days — including four opponents currently ranked in the top 15 — the Terps finally had a five-day layoff before Saturday’s game against Nebraska.
Maryland’s game vs. Nebraska postponed after coronavirus cases in Cornhuskers’ program | Emily Giambalvo | January 12, 2021 | Washington PostThe first half-hour or so of Pieces of a Woman—directed by Kornél Mundruczó and starring Vanessa Kirby as a woman whose child dies just minutes after birth, and now streaming on Netflix—is so emotionally grueling that it’s almost unbearable.
Pieces of a Woman Features a Superb Performance From Vanessa Kirby, If You Can Bear to Watch It | Stephanie Zacharek | January 8, 2021 | Time
Some might lack the fortitude—or masochism—required to endure a grueling campaign (Rubio).
What Republicans Need Right Now Is a Good Internal Fight | James Poulos | November 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a grueling two-hour questioning, Carter provided testimony as to why the drug can be useful in pain management.
Jaguar scored epic wins at the grueling Le Mans 24-hour race.
In June 1909, Model Ts were two of the first three finishers in a grueling New York-to-Seattle rally.
After 15 hours of grueling interrogations, he was brought before judges and placed under formal investigation.
France’s Ex-Prez Sarkozy Placed Under Formal Investigation for Corruption | Tracy McNicoll | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe trip promised to be perilous and fraught with danger, as well as grueling and full of hardships.
Spacewrecked on Venus | Neil R. JonesStover, in the long grueling days of practice, had won the respect of all.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonI had a grueling battle with him, and at the end of two hours and fifty minutes he broke my hook.
Tales of Fishes | Zane GreyNot one day, scarcely one hour had been free of grueling labor.
The Spell of the White Sturgeon | James Arthur KjelgaardFor infantry as well as cavalry there is the same grueling routine.
Europe from a Motor Car | Russell Richardson
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