demanding
adjective
de·mand·ing
di-ˈman-diŋ 
-ˈmän-,
dē-
: requiring much time, effort, or attention : exacting
a demanding job
demanding customers
demandingness
noun
Examples of demanding in a Sentence
She had a demanding schedule with little free time.
Factory work can be physically demanding.
I have heard it is one of the most demanding courses at the university.
Their boss was really demanding, often expecting them to work long into the night.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Veterinary professionals work long hours in a physically demanding job.
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Elite football is very demanding, but anything that makes people enjoy it more and is more of a spectacle.
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Straight out of the box, both SDR and HDR lost some shadow detail in the most demanding clips in our standard tests.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2025
Veterinary professionals work long hours in a physically demanding job.
—Jen Reeder, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Elite football is very demanding, but anything that makes people enjoy it more and is more of a spectacle.
—Guillermo Rai, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2025
Straight out of the box, both SDR and HDR lost some shadow detail in the most demanding clips in our standard tests.
—PC Magazine, 10 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for demanding
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“Demanding.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/demanding. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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