exact
adjective
strictly accurate or correct.
was exacting
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past progressiveof exact.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The work was exacting, both physically and mentally.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi said F1 was "exacting" and required "special capacities and capabilities".
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2022
But in his art, Giacometti was exacting and fastidious, bowing before a classical impulse that ran from ancient Egypt and archaic Greece through the classical French tradition, from Poussin to Cézanne and Matisse.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2022
Robbins was exacting in how he cast his ballets, tailoring them for specific dancers; that’s how it works in Trockadero, too.
From New York Times ● Dec. 14, 2021
I should be an inconvenience at Joe’s; I was not expected, and my bed would not be ready; I should be too far from Miss Havisham’s, and she was exacting and mightn’t like it.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
