enervate
verb (used with object)
to deprive of force or strength; destroy the vigor of; weaken.
have been enervating
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present perfect progressiveof enervate.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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The one would have been enervating to me, and the other would have been a definite addition to Clarence’s stock of horrors.
From Chantry House by Charlotte Mary Yonge
