Example Sentences

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“Hope” is exhausting and ridiculous, but the kind of thing you have to see to believe.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Dealing with my mother and my stepsister is exhausting and causes me a lot of anxiety.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

“It’s like being around two people who need to fight. Sometimes the foreboding quiet is exhausting, and you’d rather them just yell at each other.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

"This is exhausting, and so we need there to be a change."

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

Fear is exhausting, and so is a run like the one she just did.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti