Gruelling
adjective
Extremely tiring and demanding.
A gruelling marathon
Often appears as...
- gruelling task
- gruelling work
adjective
Extremely tiring and demanding.
A gruelling marathon
Often appears as...
- gruelling task
- gruelling work
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Pro Tip 1/3Physical Endurance
Indicates activities that test your physical abilities to their limits.
He endured a gruelling hike up the mountain.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Can describe situations that are mentally or emotionally stressful.
Surviving the gruelling interview process required resilience.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Length
Often used for tasks that take a long time and involve sustained effort.
The team went through a gruelling eight-hour strategy session.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Endurance
Indicates activities that test your physical abilities to their limits.
He endured a gruelling hike up the mountain.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Can describe situations that are mentally or emotionally stressful.
Surviving the gruelling interview process required resilience.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Length
Often used for tasks that take a long time and involve sustained effort.
The team went through a gruelling eight-hour strategy session.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Endurance
Indicates activities that test your physical abilities to their limits.
He endured a gruelling hike up the mountain.
Pro Tip 2/3Emotional Intensity
Can describe situations that are mentally or emotionally stressful.
Surviving the gruelling interview process required resilience.
Pro Tip 3/3Time Length
Often used for tasks that take a long time and involve sustained effort.
The team went through a gruelling eight-hour strategy session.
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A letter to all who have...
that I have discounted the burden of coping with the loss of status. I have forgotten that what is socially necessary can also be personally gruelling.
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Left to Die PIPE National...
survival depends upon speed only 3,000 feet below the summit Lincoln will try to ascend and return as quickly as possible the gruelling 18-hour day
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A letter to all who have...
that I have discounted the burden of coping with the loss of status. I have forgotten that what is socially necessary can also be personally gruelling.
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Left to Die PIPE National...
survival depends upon speed only 3,000 feet below the summit Lincoln will try to ascend and return as quickly as possible the gruelling 18-hour day
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Quote examples
Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Our bodies and minds evolved and were adapted for hundreds of thousands of years for tasks like climbing a tree and picking apples, or hunting rabbits, or looking for mushrooms in the forest. They were not adapted to the very gruelling work that is involved in field work - ploughing, harvesting, bringing water, digging weeds - things like that.
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Cheryl James
American Musician
The part you don't expect when you start out is all the people who come into your life wanting a piece of you, not caring about your wellbeing. The insane schedule is very difficult. Touring looks very glamourous but it's hard and gruelling - the travelling, the meet-and-greets - it was too crazy.
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Farah Khan
Indian Director
God bless IVF because it's never too late to conceive any more. However, having said that, I have to point out that going through IVF is a gruelling procedure; maybe that's why only a woman can go through it!
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Mile Jedinak
Australian Footballer
To captain your team to promotion in one of the most gruelling leagues in the world is right up there, it goes very high on my list. It's something I'm immensely proud of - I don't think it quite sinks in.
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Aisling Bea
Irish Actress
I love L.A. Some people arrive with big expectations and are inevitably disappointed, but I can audition in the day, which can be gruelling and lonely, but then gig and be creative in the evenings.
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Rebel Wilson
Australian Actress
I'd love to do Broadway or the West End. I'm sure doing eight shows a week is gruelling, but I did a lot of stage shows in Sydney and I love performing live.
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Michael Flatley
Irish Dancer
I wasn't even sure I'd be able to walk. I couldn't even go outside. Maybe I was just burnt crisp from the gruelling schedule I had been keeping for years.
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Sanjeeda Sheikh
Indian Actress
My body has finely balanced itself with my gruelling work schedules and if I occasionally get a break, I start missing my shoots.
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Edmund White
American Novelist
I think I could be a cook. Everybody always says I'm good, though I think it's quite gruelling as a profession.
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Yuval Noah Harari
Israeli Historian
Our bodies and minds evolved and were adapted for hundreds of thousands of years for tasks like climbing a tree and picking apples, or hunting rabbits, or looking for mushrooms in the forest. They were not adapted to the very gruelling work that is involved in field work - ploughing, harvesting, bringing water, digging weeds - things like that.
Quote examples
Cheryl James
American Musician
The part you don't expect when you start out is all the people who come into your life wanting a piece of you, not caring about your wellbeing. The insane schedule is very difficult. Touring looks very glamourous but it's hard and gruelling - the travelling, the meet-and-greets - it was too crazy.
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Farah Khan
Indian Director
God bless IVF because it's never too late to conceive any more. However, having said that, I have to point out that going through IVF is a gruelling procedure; maybe that's why only a woman can go through it!
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Mile Jedinak
Australian Footballer
To captain your team to promotion in one of the most gruelling leagues in the world is right up there, it goes very high on my list. It's something I'm immensely proud of - I don't think it quite sinks in.
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Aisling Bea
Irish Actress
I love L.A. Some people arrive with big expectations and are inevitably disappointed, but I can audition in the day, which can be gruelling and lonely, but then gig and be creative in the evenings.
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Rebel Wilson
Australian Actress
I'd love to do Broadway or the West End. I'm sure doing eight shows a week is gruelling, but I did a lot of stage shows in Sydney and I love performing live.
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Michael Flatley
Irish Dancer
I wasn't even sure I'd be able to walk. I couldn't even go outside. Maybe I was just burnt crisp from the gruelling schedule I had been keeping for years.
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Sanjeeda Sheikh
Indian Actress
My body has finely balanced itself with my gruelling work schedules and if I occasionally get a break, I start missing my shoots.
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Edmund White
American Novelist
I think I could be a cook. Everybody always says I'm good, though I think it's quite gruelling as a profession.
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