Example Sentences

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His next exploit was to fight and conquer the Minyans, who had been exacting a burdensome tribute from the Thebans.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

His day's work had been exacting, and he was doubly tired.

From 'Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands by Taylor, H. Weston

If he had been exacting and ambitious, if his appetite had been large and his knowledge various, he would probably have found the bounds of Salem intolerably narrow.

From Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) by James, Henry

She had been exacting in her demands upon his nature.

From Robert Orange Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange by Hobbes, John Oliver

The preceding London season had been exacting and, in Paris, I had not had a moment in which to really rest.

From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise