fatiguing

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Fatiguing the Hand by Stretching I stretch between my fingers—taking the second and third, for instance, and trying to see how many keys I can get between them.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef

When Tremolo Proves Unduly Fatiguing I cannot play tremolo in the left hand for any length of time without great fatigue.

From Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered by Hofmann, Josef

We're certain to meet with— The stock never fails— Some Memoirs replete with Fatiguing details; But the chance isn't great of A Lockhart and Scott, Or a Boswell and Johnson— No, certainly not.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, December 12, 1917 by Various

I had a very Fatiguing Time up to Brest on Business for Capt.

From Diary of Ezra Green, M.D. from November 1, 1777, to September 27, 1778 by Green, Ezra

Fatiguing as this work proved to the men, I directed it to be continued to-day, the sea remaining so open on the outside as to give every encouragement to our exertions.

From Three Voyages for the Discovery of a Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and Narrative of an Attempt to Reach the North Pole, Volume 1 by Parry, William Edward, Sir