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Definitions
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
Word origin
From present participle of gruel (“to exhaust, punish”), from gruel (noun).
Used in a sentence
“The course was given to the black puppy, but his chance was generally considered to have been utterly destroyed by the two gruellings he had received.”
“It was the hardest fighting that our Canadians have been up against, and the manner in which they took these terrible gruellings and assaults is one of the most creditable occurrences in the annals of this great war."”
“'Give me a buzz when you think you can squeeze me in between English lit and the pinball championships and the gruellings of overwork, OK?'”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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