exhaustion
Example Sentences
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What they leave behind in Gravelines is a scene of dejection and exhaustion.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Parents like John Sr. and Bernadette realize how heavily heroism drags on a person, and the exhaustion of being the first or the only to breathe rare air in exclusive company.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
“The theory is that pain plus exhaustion produces political capitulation,” said Franz-Stefan Gady, a Vienna-based military analyst and head of Gady Consulting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Yet, every day ends with him retreating to his cave in exhaustion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Even so, the next night they still had to take off and fly back to the front in the dark as usual, numbed by tragedy and fear and exhaustion.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
Vocabulary lists containing exhaustion
A Single Shard
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Adrift
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