enervating

Example Sentences

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It gives the musical a rousing finish, but cannot erase the enervating effect of much of what has come before.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 10, 2025

Yet when he spoke following the haphazard 2-1 Europa League defeat on Thursday, there was a enervating familiarity about how the Rangers head coach explained away the outcome.

From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025

Rachel — despite her challenges with Celeste, her old lover David, her ailing ex-husband and her enervating work life — also discovers good things about her new life as her body changes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

For the onetime Rangers managing partner, it was an enervating finale to a championship that eluded him when he was signing the checks.

From New York Times • Nov. 2, 2023

You may attempt to defend your enervating use of the passive voice by pointing out that the only alternative is excessive reliance upon the first person personal pronoun or upon the pontifical We.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker