grueling
adj.extremely tiring and difficult. You use this to describe a task or journey that takes a lot of effort and leaves you feeling exhausted.
adj.extremely demanding and exhausting. Often describes physical or mental tasks that require intense effort over a long period.
“The runners finished a grueling race in the heat.”
“After a grueling ten-hour shift at the hospital, the nurse was too tired to even cook dinner.”
“The legal team endured a grueling month of discovery, reviewing thousands of documents daily to meet the court's strict deadline for the upcoming trial.”
Commonly modifies nouns related to physical effort like 'schedule', 'workout', 'race', or 'journey'.
“After trawling through emails, talking to Chloe’s friends and colleagues and holding the Treasury to account in a gruelling, multi-day coroner’s court hearing, they found out their daughter had been mistreated by her employer.”
“Hearts held firm at the end of a gruelling week to close out an unconvincing 2-1 home win over St Johnstone and climb to second in the table.”