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

To be sure, not every episode has been equally good — one or two I would describe as not good — and some story arcs I found more rewarding, or more enervating, than others.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2023

Tired: I think of these enervating interruptions as “The Dead See Scrolls.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 3, 2022

Avoid it unless the meaning is clear. enervating.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner