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gruelling
/ ˈɡruːəlɪŋ /
adjective
- severe or tiring
a gruelling interview
noun
- informal.a severe experience, esp punishment
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gruelling1
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Example Sentences
Harry, the expedition patron, announced last month that he will join the gruelling 210-mile trek across Antarctica this winter.
It was one phase of the campaign that closely approximated the gruelling trench warfare in France.
Now was to be one of the most gruelling sea-fights in which George Walker ever engaged.
In the gruelling battle that followed, Buck was forced to admit that Bunny shirked no duty.
Four horses had succumbed to a gruelling day of fierce exertion.
Clint still hung on, sometimes much discouraged, and took his share of hard knocks and gruelling labour.
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