EXHAUSTION in a Sentence

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He kept his eyes fixed on the orator, who sat in an armchair, his head leaning on his hand and his attitude indicating exhaustion.

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 Meanings and Examples of EXHAUSTION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
exhaustion
 n.  the state of being extremely tired
Classic Sentence: (206 in 14 pages)
1  A swimming nausea compounded of hunger, sleeplessness, exhaustion and stunning blows came on suddenly and she gripped the carved roses under her hand.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
2  But on the plantation the war and the world did not exist except as memories which must be fought back when they rushed to mind in moments of exhaustion.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXV
3  The flames raced ever beyond her, toward the walls of the covered runway, fiery snakes that writhed and leaped and, exhaustion sweeping her, she knew that it was hopeless.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
4  He spoke pantingly, like a tired runner, with breaks of exhaustion between his words; and through the breaks she caught, as through the shifting rents of a fog, great golden vistas of peace and safety.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 6
5  Therefore, in his ordinary tone, only a little broken by the bodily exhaustion he was temporarily in, he answered him saying that sweeping the deck was not his business, and he would not do it.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho's Story.
6  His motions plainly denoted his extreme exhaustion.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
7  Ona was scarcely able to stand with exhaustion; but if she were to lose her place they would be ruined, and she would surely lose it if she were not on time that day.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
8  They would wrap up in all they owned, but they could not wrap up against exhaustion; and many a man gave out in these battles with the snowdrifts, and lay down and fell asleep.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
9  At night he was tied down, lest he should kick the covers off him, while the family lay in their stupor of exhaustion.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 14
10  He was on Ashland Avenue before exhaustion compelled him to slow down, and then, noticing a car, he made a dart for it and drew himself aboard.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 15
11  He had not the same provocations of exhaustion and hopelessness; he had now something to work for, to struggle for.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 25
12  He was drinking, and developing a villainous temper, and he stormed and cursed and raged at his men, and drove them until they were ready to drop with exhaustion.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26
13  He kept his eyes fixed on the orator, who sat in an armchair, his head leaning on his hand and his attitude indicating exhaustion.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29
14  Himself reeling from exhaustion, he was astonished beyond measure at such persistency.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
15  He made vague plans to go off into the deeper darkness and hide, but they were all destroyed by the voices of exhaustion and pain from his body.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
Example Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
16  When your heart is getting exhausted to a certain extent,you are too weak to anger.
17  People who toiled in dim, dank factories were too exhausted to enjoy their family life.
18  The five survivors eventually reached safety, ragged, half-starved and exhausted.
19  We have exhausted all possible legal remedies for this injustice.
20  We have exhausted all our material resources.
21  Totally exhausted, he tore his clothes off and fell into bed.
22  The overworked, overextended parent may be seen as unloving, but may simply be exhausted.
23  When they were well exhausted, they would run out and sprawl on the dry, hot sand.
24  I was sweating and exhausted by the time, the last skin suture was inserted and all that could be seen was the line of stitches.
25  The exertion spent in unscrewing the rusty bolt left her exhausted.
26  But since the beginning of June almost all domestic stocks seemed exhausted.
27  After an exhausting drill in oppressive heat, Mia Hamm jogged off the field.
28  Rather than exhausting Maggie, dancing and singing energize her.
29  This is the most exhausting and eventful day of my life.
30  Apart from me being stupid, New York in summer is warm and exhausting, which is a new experience for me.