grueling work
Frequency: 7.30.9 per million words
Used to describe work that is extremely hard and tiring.
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Examples (10)
- The construction project required months of grueling work.
- She was exhausted after a day of grueling work in the fields.
- Mining is often considered dangerous and grueling work.
- He achieved success only after years of grueling work.
- The soldiers were prepared for the grueling work ahead.
- Despite the grueling work, he never complained about the conditions.
- It took weeks of grueling work to restore the old house.
- They were paid very little for such grueling work.
- The harvest season brings grueling work for all the farmers.
- Recovering from the injury involved grueling work in physical therapy.