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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
demanding
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a petition calling for sth/demanding sth
▪ A petition calling for an inquiry was signed by 15,118 people.
demanding justice
▪ His people came to him demanding justice.
demanding money with menaces
▪ He was charged with demanding money with menaces.
demanding...ransom
▪ The kidnappers were demanding a ransom of $250,000.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ By level 8, the reading material is as demanding as it can be.
▪ Be as demanding as you want.
less
▪ From there on, the topography is less demanding, the road undulating gently all the way to Monmouth.
▪ The programme's brief is to embrace literature and architecture as well as less demanding subjects such as fashion, video and film.
▪ The car was not so exciting to drive as the Mascot, but he had to admit that it was less demanding.
▪ It is less demanding on the people involved and offers less chance of something going drastically wrong.
▪ Ann was less demanding and feeling less suspicious of Charles.
▪ Quite obviously the passivity of, say, looking at some one else's drawing is considerably less demanding than doing one's own.
▪ Democracy is less demanding in the rich world.
▪ Standards which can not be attained by negotiation or legal enforcement may at least be achieved if made less demanding.
more
▪ First, customers are becoming more demanding.
▪ Lexical lookup is more demanding of storage and processing but is better at rejecting unacceptable letter strings.
▪ Midwives have even more demanding requirements!
▪ In that way more of our players are being exposed to a more demanding grade of rugby.
▪ As life developed, so desire became ever more demanding, and more complex.
▪ Now they are composite, multi-faceted and potentially more dangerous - and the governments contributing troops tend to be much more demanding.
▪ Body pieces are usually more demanding of your time.
▪ This outward looking emphasis does not stop with the clergy but is even more demanding for the bishops.
most
▪ Here at once we recognize the language of Anselm's warmest and most demanding friendship.
▪ He steered a middle course between intimacy and aloofness which would have endeared him to the most demanding of guests.
▪ As explained elsewhere classical technique is the most demanding.
▪ One of the most demanding things for this choir is the physical stamina required to perform for an hour.
▪ It is the most demanding and requires a high commitment of all staff involved.
▪ Outstandingly agile, it has a grip and steering response which the most demanding driver will enjoy.
▪ She had also come through a baptism in front of Britain's most demanding audience.
▪ The rigours of the most demanding season the game has known were etched on Moore's face.
physically
▪ It is very physically demanding and you know, you have to work hard to be good at it.
▪ Ufford Park offers a stern test without being too physically demanding.
▪ Life on a yacht, even one as well equipped as this, was far more physically demanding than she had ever imagined.
▪ A third change, and probably the most physically demanding, is to introduce weights into the routine.
▪ Employees have often found their work with new machines less physically demanding and have often regarded it as more skilled.
so
▪ Anyway it would have been foolish to force some one into a life so demanding.
▪ He was so ... so strong, so demanding.
▪ The work was interesting but not so demanding that there was no time for anything else.
▪ This is work which requires an emotional coldness but which can on occasions be so demanding that detachment is difficult to maintain.
▪ And so demanding was Doctor Who that both Barry and I were working sixty- and seventy-hour weeks in those days, consistently.
too
▪ Have interesting decoration by all means, but avoid anything too demanding on the eye.
▪ He assured her the job would not be too demanding.
▪ This commitment is only once a fortnight so it is not too demanding.
▪ Old-fashioned, not too demanding, and no drunks.
▪ It could also make process of up-dating too demanding to sustain.
▪ When original composition is too demanding, translation, sometimes with original additions, is the next best thing.
▪ Jazz and dance exercise and aerobics are likely to be too demanding at the pace established in many classes.
▪ Sometimes a patient will have failed to carry out his task because it was inappropriate or too demanding.
very
▪ And Parliament can be a very demanding mistress indeed.
▪ Cultivation: This plant is not very demanding as to its growing medium, and therefore can even be grown in gravel.
▪ Daily contact with the Partners, whilst a very demanding experience, is equally rewarding.
▪ The place value identification of criterion 1a is required in addition to the distributive law and this combination proved very demanding for low attainers.
▪ This is not a very demanding condition.
▪ His wife cares for him at home but this is very demanding and she finds that she needs regular breaks.
▪ Far from being restful they are very demanding, needing almost constant attention.
▪ The disadvantage of Windows word-processors is that they, together with Windows programs in general, are very demanding of the hardware.
■ NOUN
job
▪ How far does the knowledge that the state will tax away high salaries deter people from entering high-earning and demanding jobs?
▪ It fails to recognize that child-rearing is both a vital and demanding job which deserves adequate remuneration.
▪ He fits in his taxing training and competing schedule with a demanding job as captain of the Life Guards.
▪ These women, often with family responsibilities of their own, do a heavy and demanding job with great generosity of spirit.
money
▪ You're demanding money without a reason.
▪ Caught him by the Arran-knit jumper, he did, and flung him against the railings, demanding money.
▪ Landlords knocking on doors, demanding money.
▪ All of a sudden this woman downs her hoe and runs up to me demanding money.
▪ He has denied demanding money to keep quiet.
▪ Tommy's demanding money from people in the streets.
task
▪ Viewers are excused the demanding task of following the logic of a Horizon exposition; the important thing is to marvel.
▪ Elementary evaluation involves collecting data on service provision, but examining the effectiveness and efficiency of services is a more demanding task.
▪ Please contact the Office immediately if you would like to take on the challenge of this demanding task.
▪ As the Ford booklet points out, there is more than enough of these demanding tasks to keep you busy.
▪ It was just a difficult, demanding task to perform.
▪ If he does play, Mowbray is likely to be handed the demanding task of subduing Mark Hateley.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a demanding boss
▪ a very demanding job
▪ Being a nurse in a busy hospital is a demanding job - you don't get much free time.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Anyway it would have been foolish to force some one into a life so demanding.
▪ As a physiotherapist, Roebuck knew how painful, demanding and difficult the recovery period and rehabilitating process would be.
▪ First, customers are becoming more demanding.
▪ More importantly, she continued to struggle with the increasingly demanding role of Mrs Hoffman.
▪ The airport was again reported closed on Nov. 22, with gunmen demanding payment to allow relief flights to land.
▪ These demanding on-site visits gave Pearl a better perspective on the tenders received.
▪ This outward looking emphasis does not stop with the clergy but is even more demanding for the bishops.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Demanding

Demand \De*mand"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Demanding.] [F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. Mandate, Commend.]

  1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience.

    This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee.
    --Shak.

  2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.

    I did demand what news from Shrewsbury.
    --Shak.

  3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.

  4. (Law) To call into court; to summon.
    --Burrill.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
demanding

early 15c., "asking, questioning," present participle adjective from demand (v.). Meaning "insistent" is by late 19c. Related: Demandingly.

Wiktionary
demanding

  1. Requiring much endurance, strength, or patience. v

  2. (present participle of demand English)

WordNet
demanding

adj. requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding" [ant: undemanding]

Usage examples of "demanding".

Church, not with speculations, but by demanding adherence to the old practice with regard to lapsed members.

Floyt helped him up, demanding to know if he was all right although Alacrity was gasping too hard to answer.

Cassidy was reminded of all the backstage fights he had been part of, back in the days when he still had a band: then the times when he was too fucked up on drugs to go out and play, when Jaime and Amad and the session men would haul him away from the mike and into the wings, demanding to know whether he had broken his vow to stay straight for this one gig.

If Davies were once to know his good name had been attacked, and that his explanation of his failure to reach his men or give notice of their plight had been aspersed, somebody might put him up to demanding a court of inquiry.

High gee and low gee were not particularly demanding to one of my asthenic physique.

It was one of the most demanding maneuvers an aviator had to master, and it had been nearly two years since Magruder had been called upon to attempt a midair refueling.

I thrust my burning face into it, drinking my fill, while the renegade in scarlet bawled at me and fumed and cursed, demanding my attention to what he was saying.

She remembers her father lifting other little girls on his lap, demanding that Bev bring home playmates just so he could cuddle with them and make her watch.

She had lost it, railing and ranting at Bevel two ship nights before, demanding they leave immediately.

Trent Lott-like editorials demanding that the pathetic Neanderthal, homophobic bigot be drummed right out of the human race.

He made the inquiry forcefully, demanding a response and quite indifferent as to whether or not the biped might find this line of inquiry offensive.

We have all seen films where the guard nods the general through and then the general turns on the guard and bollocks him for not demanding to see a pass.

Far from demanding an explanation of her presence, or ignoring her altogether, Mr and Mrs Botham appealed constantly to Mary for corroboration and support in their cheerful denunciations of their daughter.

Now he stood by the great Oyster Doors to the Brume Hall, demanding to see the chief on equal footing.

He brushed his mouth against hers, demanding nothing, apologizing yet again for the way he had bungled their first time together, pleading for a second chance.