as in tired
depleted in strength, energy, or freshness
the exhausted runner crossed the finish line and just collapsed
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as in wore
to use up all the physical energy of
the long day at the county fair had exhausted everyone
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as in drained
to make complete use of
we had been at the theme park barely for two hours, and we were on the verge of exhausting our spending money
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Judy Berman, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Cuba's electrical grid collapsed on Sunday for the fourth time in 48 hours, marking a major setback in the government's efforts to quickly restore power to exhausted residents already suffering from severe shortages of food, medicine, and fuel.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
The Florence and the Machine aesthetic draws from Pre-Raphaelite tawny goddesses; photos by the 19th-century artist Julia Margaret Cameron; Surrealist 20th-century paintings by Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo; the modern dancer Loie Fuller; exhausted cancan dancers; pastel moths.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Voters are just exhausted, according to many surveys.
—Michael S. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
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At night, the boy turns up in Eli’s bedroom, and the older man follows him back to the apartment of his exhausted guardian, Denise (Rosie Perez).
—Judy Berman, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Cuba's electrical grid collapsed on Sunday for the fourth time in 48 hours, marking a major setback in the government's efforts to quickly restore power to exhausted residents already suffering from severe shortages of food, medicine, and fuel.
—Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2024
The Florence and the Machine aesthetic draws from Pre-Raphaelite tawny goddesses; photos by the 19th-century artist Julia Margaret Cameron; Surrealist 20th-century paintings by Leonora Carrington and Remedios Varo; the modern dancer Loie Fuller; exhausted cancan dancers; pastel moths.
—Lauren Groff, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2024
Voters are just exhausted, according to many surveys.
—Michael S. Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Exhausted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exhausted. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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