exacting
IPA: ɪgzˈæktɪŋ
adjective
- Making great demands; difficult to satisfy.
- (of an action, task, etc) Requiring precise accuracy, great care, effort, or attention.
- (of a person or organization) Characterized by exaction.
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Examples of "exacting" in Sentences
- As the story opens, we know that Reivich has succeeded in exacting revenge in some fashion because Mirabel is seeking revenge in return.
- Measuring 6 inches (7†with base), this mini-statue captures the charm and sultriness of this real-life heroine in exacting, minute detail.
- Then followed demands for punishment, in exacting which it was necessary to be pertinacious, if only to save her Majesty's Mission from dying of thirst.
- No. One would have thought that after the 2000 escapade that we would have been a bit more active in exacting changes that made voting better and fairer.
- Patricia Lysaght observes that ritual cursing was often a means employed by women in exacting revenge against enemies and authorities who had caused them harm.
- He was described as an exacting and sometimes fearsome leader, ordering up and rejecting multiple versions of new products until the final version was just right.
- And yet, while we were discussing the supposed I.E.D. attack, Randall appeared to recall it in exacting detail? the smells, the sounds, the impact of the explosion.
- I am obsessive about outlining, and the majority of any writing project is actually spent mapping out in exacting detail in advance everything that the characters will do and say in the course of a story or chapter.
- I can see no difference to a taxpayer in exacting from him the full amount of taxes on parity with other taxpayers and then bonusing him with government funds for economic or social purposes, or on the other hand reducing his taxes by the amount of the bonus.
- When he came out of the Hammam, he donned a rich robe, purfled with gold and embroidered with jewels and jacinths; and, setting the royal crown on his head, sat down on his throne of kingship and ordered the affairs of the folk, doing equal justice between strong and weak, and exacting from the prince the dues of the pauper; wherefore the people loved him with exceeding love.
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