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drain·ing

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  1. draining, exhaustingadjective

    having a debilitating effect

    "an exhausting job in the hot sun"

    Synonyms:
    wearing, tiring, exhausting, wearying

    Antonyms:
    invigorating

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  1. List of paraphrases for "draining":

    drainage, dewatering, drain, drying, exhausting, emptying, flowing

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#5276wearing
#8539drain
#8817drainage
#11248flowing
#11873drying
#26270draining
#36632emptying
#37611exhausting
#40871tiring
#56698dewatering
#188925wearying

How to use draining in a sentence?

  1. Kim Clijsters:

    Every body reacts differently, having a baby is emotional and physically very draining – at times you're on a high, at times you're low.

  2. Zach Schiller:

    Without veto action by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, the legislature will send a windfall to the wealthiest Ohioans while draining revenue the state needs to get back on track after the pandemic, altogether, the tax cuts and breaks will cost more than $ 2 billion over the next two years that could be put to much better use.

  3. Ron Johnson:

    I am not that nuts about the tweets because you are always asking me to defend them, and I don't want to, but we needed someone like him because what most conservatives do share is a revulsion to the deep state, the swamp, and if anything resonated with people it was his message of draining the swamp.

  4. Nico Ragaini:

    This was like the biggest of the big-time, which was pretty awesome, you do n’t get moments like this every day, taking advantage of the opportunity. It was a mentally draining game for sure, and physically draining.

  5. Valdeci Scherer:

    The workers are unsatisfied with talks up to now, we consider slaughterhouse work draining and are asking for what the law guarantees and what is just for the worker.


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