How to Use exhaustive in a Sentence

exhaustive

adjective
  • The list was long but not exhaustive.
  • My list was not exhaustive, of course.
    — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This is not an exhaustive list.
    — Meenal Aggarwal, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • In all, my far-from-exhaustive search turned up more than two dozen.
    — Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Note, this list is not exhaustive.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The mood boards are exhaustive.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 11 Dec. 2025
  • While far from an exhaustive list, here are some of the highlights.
    — Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2025
  • Of course, that’s not an exhaustive list, so here are our best gift ideas for Mom.
    — Sharon Brandwein, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2023
  • This is not an exhaustive list, but for the most part, the clues are in the names themselves.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2023
  • And the database is far from exhaustive.
    — Angela Yang, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2025
  • This is not meant to be an exhaustive list nor an endorsement.
    — Ken Roberts, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The pilot kicks off with an exhaustive montage of the first two films.
    — Joshua Alston, Variety, 20 Dec. 2022
  • This is not an exhaustive list — and hopefully more will be added to it.
    — Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
  • As this exhaustive and engaging work shows, that would be a tragedy for us all.
    — Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2023
  • An exhaustive search effort turned up no sign of him, and he has also not been found.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
  • This is by no means an exhaustive list, as there are many other standards out there.
    — Simon Hill, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023
  • This is not an exhaustive list, just options among the largest local banks.
    — cleveland.com, 28 July 2019
  • Here’s a non-exhaustive list of where demonstrations will be held.
    — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • For a full list of all the celebrity looks, scroll through our exhaustive A-list gallery.
    — Monique Wilson, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2022
  • This list is certainly not exhaustive but a sampling of those that have been around a while.
    — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The working group says the report is not an exhaustive list of options.
    — Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 15 May 2024
  • At the same time, the list of what a child needs has become exhaustive and tyrannical.
    — Literary Hub, 5 May 2026
  • And this is hardly an exhaustive list of racist threads citing or discussing the show.
    — Shaan Amin, The New Republic, 16 Nov. 2020
  • So this is just a small, yet very exhaustive, attempt to add to that narrative.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In the film’s exhaustive cast list, a few of the non-drag performers manage to stick out.
    — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 9 June 2026
  • The second round of the Colts’ exhaustive search for a new head coach is taking shape.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 25 Jan. 2023
  • There is no exhaustive list of conditions covered by the pass.
    — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 28 Mar. 2026
  • And as Sam said, the perimeter around the hotel was exhaustive.
    — CBS News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • What follows is a non-exhaustive list of some of the major idiocies of the year.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Such exhaustive work didn’t faze Rouzaud.
    — Paola Singer, Architectural Digest, 11 Aug. 2025

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