[ UK /ɛɡzˈɔːst‍ʃən/ ]
[ US /ɪɡˈzɔstʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of exhausting something entirely
  2. serious weakening and loss of energy
  3. extreme fatigue
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How To Use exhaustion In A Sentence

  • A cup of coffee in the morning can increase performance, but too much coffee expends energy and can create long-term exhaustion.
  • Symptoms include extreme exhaustion, muscle pain, headaches and poor concentration. The Sun
  • Pain, cold, and exhaustion fuddled Sara's mind, but she managed to recall the last thing that had happened.
  • Upon it, in lieu of the dogged, black – visaged ruffian they had expected to behold, there lay a mere child: worn with pain and exhaustion, and sunk into a deep sleep. Oliver Twist
  • He had complained of exhaustion after his gruelling schedule over the past week.
  • What if I have to spend tomorrow, yet again, in that weird state of tearful, jet-lagged exhaustion that lack of sleep creates?
  • I was feeling the exhaustion keenly - but not enough to make a complete ass of myself during choir, which inched by like a violist playing Paganini caprices.
  • The accident dissolved my life into illness, weakness, pain and exhaustion, cold and hunger.
  • Once in his head a term possesses him, much like Cho, making him use words and phrases over and over to the point of exhaustion. Grading Bush's Eulogy
  • The pain, agony and exhaustion were replaced by an enormous sense of achievement and relief as they crossed the finishing line.
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