Sentence examples for grueling affair from inspiring English sources

It was a lengthy, grueling affair, spiced with fights and blood and filled with tedious breaks for television commercials.

Even for a younger, fitter, more experienced president this nine-day visit to five nations (six, if you count Palestine) would be a grueling affair.

Abramovic's early actions, often interpreted as a ritualized critique of life under Marshal Tito, were grueling affairs.

Mr. Bolton's biggest songs — including "How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" and "How Can We Be Lovers?" — were magnificent, grueling affairs.

Battles are grueling affairs pitting tiny hunters against fast, feral beasts.

"It's just a grueling, grueling run.

All of which turns shipments which would take a few hours in Europe or America into grueling, day-cum-week-cum-month-long affairs punctuated by long and unpredictable periods of complete standstill.

They were grueling hearings.

The pace is grueling.

The course is grueling.

The work is grueling.