Example Sentences

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The pandemic has been taxing enough without worrying about if your jeans from 2019 still fit.

From Salon • Jan. 14, 2022

Getting all the new faces up to speed has been taxing on running backs coach Bobby Turner.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 24, 2021

But the switch to distance learning, now in its fourth week in Minnesota, has been taxing even for her.

From Washington Times • Apr. 25, 2020

Nielsen met with Trump at the White House Sunday amid an ongoing influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border that has been taxing America's immigration system and sparking frustration within the administration.

From Fox News • Apr. 7, 2019

Your friend Antichrist," tipping a finger over his shoulder in the direction of the palace, "has been taxing bread to build more battleships, and Rossi has risen against him.

From The Eternal City by Caine, Hall, Sir