EXACTING in a Sentence
Learn EXACTING from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
343 example sentences for EXACTING, such as:
1. Ah, but you're being too exacting.
2. They are not very exacting, after all.
3. It happened almost exactly a year ago.
4. It's hard to define exactly what has changed.
5. It's not exactly a cultural center like Paris.
2. They are not very exacting, after all.
3. It happened almost exactly a year ago.
4. It's hard to define exactly what has changed.
5. It's not exactly a cultural center like Paris.
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Meanings and Examples of EXACTING
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exacting
a. making severe demands; rigorous; requiring great care, effort, or attention
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 I grew impatient: a restless movement or two, and an eager and exacting glance fastened on his face, conveyed the feeling to him as effectually as words could have done, and with less trouble.
2 I had learnt her whole character, which was without mystery or disguise: she was coquettish but not heartless; exacting, but not worthlessly selfish.
3 He may be stern; he may be exacting; he may be ambitious yet; but his is the sternness of the warrior Greatheart, who guards his pilgrim convoy from the onslaught of Apollyon.
4 But when Zenobia's doctor recommended her looking about for some one to help her with the house-work the clan instantly saw the chance of exacting a compensation from Mattie.
5 None of them was good enough to satisfy the exacting requirements Rhett laid down.
6 Because of her unusual business ability, he was stern and exacting with her.
7 The schoolmaster, always severe, grew severer and more exacting than ever, for he wanted the school to make a good showing on "Examination" day.
8 I am your only daughter, and you are not so exacting as the fathers of the Porte Saint-Martin and Gaiete, who disinherit their daughters for not giving them grandchildren.
9 I should be an inconvenience at Joe's; I was not expected, and my bed would not be ready; I should be too far from Miss Havisham's, and she was exacting and mightn't like it.
10 In all operations on a large scale on this and his other estates, he kept to the simplest methods involving no risk, and in trifling details he was careful and exacting to an extreme degree.
11 Ah, but you're being too exacting.
12 They are not very exacting, after all.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
13 Nothing is talked about here to-day except the strange coincidence; the officials of the Board of Trade have been most exacting in seeing that every compliance has been made with existing regulations.
14 I find that the moment I let a woman make friends with me, she becomes jealous, exacting, suspicious, and a damned nuisance.
15 'Besides, you are perhaps too exacting,' he said, bending his whole frame forward and playing with the fringe of the chair.
Example Sentence: (133 in 9 pages)
1 Cleaning the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel was an exacting task, one that demanded extremely meticulous care on the part of the restorers.
2 Though John and Andrew look exactly alike, they act quite differently.
3 It happened almost exactly a year ago.
4 She'll be coming tonight, although I don't know exactly when.
5 Her visit coincided exactly with a visit by the American president.
6 This answer must be a crib: it's exactly the same as Jones's.
7 Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted.
8 A TV playback showed exactly what had happened.
9 Tell us exactly what happened and don't prevaricate.
10 It's not exactly a cultural center like Paris.
11 Each corner had a guard tower, each of which was exactly ten meters in height.
12 We were unable to define what exactly was wrong with him.
13 It's hard to define exactly what has changed.
14 Please describe to the court exactly what you saw.
15 Suppose someone gave you an egg and asked you to describe exactly what was inside.