tax
noun
a sum of money demanded by a government for its support or for specific facilities or services, levied upon incomes, property, sales, etc.
had been taxing
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past perfect progressiveof tax.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Her daughter’s recovery had been taxing, and Norma knew she couldn’t fix Nikki’s problems for her, but she was there every step of the way supporting her daughter.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2020
Though the diversions all resulted in a five-year contract extension worth $137.5 million, deGrom said the process had been taxing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2019
Standing on Mott Street in Manhattan, amid the cacophony of Chinatown, Mr. Kiernan said writing a book without a ghostwriter had been taxing.
From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2012
In her anxiety to render Osmond independent, she had been taxing her strength to its utmost limits all the winter through.
From The Tree of Knowledge A Novel by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
One of the group, named Henderson, a merry-looking boy with a ceaseless pleasant twinkle of the eyes, had been taxing his own invention to the uttermost without in the least exciting Plumber’s credulity.
From St. Winifred's, or The World of School by H. C. (Harold C.) Earnshaw
