How to Use exhausted in a Sentence

exhausted

adjective
  • This is not a stock that is exhausted.
    — Josh Brown and Sean Russo, CNBC, 4 May 2026
  • The exhausted new mom looked pleased to hear that.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Fights break out among the exhausted over who is first in line.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Not in the bone-tired sense but in the exhausted sense.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 May 2026
  • But the five-piece act doesn’t look exhausted at all.
    — Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • One is that both sides get exhausted and decide to make peace.
    — Donald Heflin, The Conversation, 11 Aug. 2025
  • By the time Magliano got the call, she was exhausted.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 28 May 2026
  • Most of us are quite exhausted right now, after four years of war.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 June 2026
  • Agreed to a hand of cards even though I was exhausted from a long day.
    — Ed Ternan, Men's Health, 17 Aug. 2023
  • But our team got us up and over, drenched and a little exhausted.
    — Nicole Young, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • When you’re exhausted after a long day, this pan is clutch.
    — Olivia Tarantino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
  • At one point, the exhausted wrestlers were hanging on the ropes by a thread.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2026
  • So, yeah, when all was said and done, Jones was exhausted.
    — Michael Silver, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The joke is that their jobs have left them too exhausted to do much of anything at all.
    — Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Justin had fatigue, pain and was just exhausted.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • And yet, Bates doesn’t seem exhausted.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Teams are exhausted, but so are leaders.
    — Lisa Bodell, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The very idea of writing a new novel left me exhausted.
    — Danielle Postel-Vinay, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • This is the sous chef every exhausted parent needs in the kitchen.
    — Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024
  • This pursuit has left many of us more exhausted than ever.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Ellie, crazed and exhausted, emerges into the cold air in a cloud of smoke.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • She's exhausted from us all being home in the days prior and goes on a snooze marathon!
    — Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 July 2025
  • Trujillo said the crews were exhausted but proud of their work.
    — Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The man tried to push through the snow, but quickly became exhausted.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2026
  • Which, it should be pointed out, had to be fairly exhausted at that point.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Thank you all for the well wishes - we are all blissed out happy, healthy and exhausted.
    — Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Would the group have died without the rescue, which left him exhausted?
    — Forrest Brown, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Many are just exhausted, low-income moms who can’t afford child care.
    — Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 8 June 2026
  • No wonder so many are exhausted!
    — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 27 May 2026
  • The exhausted teen has headaches and blurred vision sleeps about 75% of the day.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025

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