were exacting
- past progressive of exact.
Example Sentences
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They were exacting editors, and the parallels to relationships I’d had with fiction editors led to a lightbulb moment: I was still a creative person, but I was using my creative energy in different ways.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022
Kris Bowers says his parents were exacting, and expected intense discipline in music studies and a high bar at school.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2022
But African-Americans in the state capital, Montgomery, were exacting a heavy economic toll on the city by boycotting buses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2018
A few times, he felt as if math problems were exacting too much from his brain, and he excused himself from class.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 27, 2017
Neither the critics nor the public were exacting.
From An Essay Toward a History of Shakespeare in Norway by Ruud, Martin Brown
