taxing

Example Sentences

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“It’s in there. That was huge. It was a big momentum swing to get out of that. Unfortunately it’s taxing though; it made him jump up in his pitch count a little bit.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

"Mining lithium from the Earth has proven to be very taxing from an energy and environmental standpoint, so pulling lithium directly from saltwater could be a very important future route," says Guo.

From Science Daily • May 31, 2026

But Ms. Pike is terrific, as are Ms. Shaw, Mr. Dance and Mr. Baron Cohen, an agile comedian in a production that isn’t particularly taxing, except as regards our expectations for fully original comedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Early industrial work was repetitive, physically taxing and mentally debilitating.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

It was not just science that made this new world, it was also the state, which was busy taxing citizens, borrowing money and putting armies in the field.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton