gruelling work

Frequency: 7.30.9 per million words

Used to describe work that is extremely hard and tiring.

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Examples (10)

  • After 12 hours of gruelling work on the construction site, he was completely exhausted.
  • The team put in months of gruelling work to meet the project deadline.
  • Being an emergency room doctor involves long hours of emotionally and physically gruelling work.
  • She finally finished her novel after years of gruelling work and countless revisions.
  • We have some gruelling work ahead of us if we want to restore this old house.
  • It takes years of gruelling work to become a top athlete.
  • Completing his PhD required four years of intense, gruelling work in the lab.
  • I want to thank everyone for their gruelling work; this success wouldn't have been possible without you.
  • He left the finance industry, tired of the gruelling work and long hours, for a quieter life.
  • Was all that gruelling work really worth it in the end?