GRUELING in a Sentence

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12 example sentences for GRUELING, such as:

1. Hannah says you have had nothing but some gruel since breakfast.
2. Not a drop of liquor passes his lips, but only cabbage soup and gruel.
3. Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.

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 Meanings and Examples of GRUELING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
grueling
 a.  by effort to the point of exhaustion, especially physical effort
Classic Sentence:
1  Mrs. March gave the mother tea and gruel, and comforted her with promises of help, while she dressed the little baby as tenderly as if it had been her own.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWO
2  Hannah had brought me some gruel and dry toast, about, as I supposed, the dinner-hour.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
3  Hannah says you have had nothing but some gruel since breakfast.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
4  Mrs. Linton, on the third day, unbarred her door, and having finished the water in her pitcher and decanter, desired a renewed supply, and a basin of gruel, for she believed she was dying.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
5  The relief was inseparable from the workhouse and the gruel; and that frightened people.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
6  The master, in his cook's uniform, stationed himself at the copper; his pauper assistants ranged themselves behind him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  The gruel disappeared; the boys whispered each other, and winked at Oliver; while his next neighbors nudged him.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  He had hardly achieved this very unusual gymnastic performance, when Mr. Bumble brought him, with his own hands, a basin of gruel, and the holiday allowance of two ounces and a quarter of bread.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
9  Not a drop of liquor passes his lips, but only cabbage soup and gruel.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
Example Sentence:
1  The nine-month, 32,000-mile odyssey is one of the world's most grueling competitions, the sailing equivalent of scaling Mount Everest.
2  Lawmakers around the nation spent Tuesday in grueling, around-the-clock budget sessions as they struggled to avoid government shutdowns.
3  Our daily allotment of gruel made the meal not only monotonous but also unpalatable.