How to Use exhaustion in a Sentence

exhaustion

noun
  • He worked to the point of complete exhaustion.
  • Did any of the cast suffer from smile-exhaustion during the shoot?
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Don’t let anger lead to exhaustion, stress, or the loss of friendship, position or prospects.
    Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Viserys watches the whole thing with both happiness and obvious exhaustion and pain.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
  • At that point, my opponent and I ended our tabletop battle on a note of mutual exhaustion.
    Michael Peck, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022
  • But a defining characteristic is deep, chronic exhaustion lasting at least six months.
    Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2022
  • Will many of them choose not to vote, conflicted by their choices or simply out of disinterest or exhaustion with politics?
    Dan Balz, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Chest tightness, breathing trouble, incessant coughing, brain fog and exhaustion are rampant.
    Andrea Ball, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Resting became an experimentation for me, to try to save my life from these feelings of exhaustion and disconnection.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 5 Oct. 2022
  • At the time of Jack's death, Loretta was on tour and checked into a hospital after falling unconscious due to extreme exhaustion.
    Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Benét—who was hospitalized in 1939 for nervous exhaustion, and died four years later—might not have been surprised to learn of fascism’s resurgence today.
    Stephen Vincent Benét, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2022
  • The country singer was also hospitalized several times in her life for exhaustion and pneumonia — all the while continuing to tour concert halls and greet visitors to her ranch.
    Stephen M. Silverman, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Despite the reroutes, the last-minute packing, and the exhaustion, the pros far outweigh the cons.
    Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • And so the rest has to match the deficit; when the rest matches the deficit, depletion and exhaustion improve.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 28 Sep. 2023
  • News-cycle exhaustion Gone are the days of the morning paper and the 6 o'clock news.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 20 July 2024
  • Cordae raps with the exhaustion of someone who has had to talk a friend or two off of this same ledge in the past.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2023
  • David hopes that, despite the exhaustion each side feels, a little luck can get them to yes.
    Drew Goins, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • All three women fell to the floor out of exhaustion after crossing the line.
    Ben Church, CNN, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The endless attempts to get the right sound for the drums wring humor out of the tedium and exhaustion of the artistic process.
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Aries March 21-April 19 Working to the point of exhaustion is possible for you now.
    Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Ask for lots of rain checks and give genuine apologies, but do NOT spread yourself thin to the point of exhaustion.
    The Astrotwins, ELLE, 30 Nov. 2022
  • There’s an exhaustion from all of the culture wars, from all of the conflict, the divisiveness.
    Jena McGregor, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • More and more of us are feeling the exhaustion of uneasiness.
    Kevin Dupzyk, Men's Health, 24 Feb. 2023
  • People stood solemnly in line with looks of exhaustion etched on their faces.
    The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2023
  • Holly and the rest of the band, who all live together in a house nearby, are past the breaking point of patience and exhaustion.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2023
  • The blood of these patients at rest is similar to that of an elite cyclist’s at exhaustion.
    Travis Nemkov, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
  • And also their exhaustion, as shown in the gesture of a soldier near Izium (1).
    April Austin, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2022
  • That means that sometimes the exhaustion of having to muster that hope also shows itself.
    Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2023
  • And that is what causes problems that are often seen in heat exhaustion.
    The Enquirer, 27 July 2023
  • Some deal with their stress and exhaustion by binge-watching Netflix shows, hitting the gym, meditating, or crafting.
    Jamie Friedlander Serrano, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024

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