7 Metaphors for exhaustion

The gold and the blood of Holland had been profusely expended during this contest; it might seem for no positive results; but the exhaustion produced to every one of the other belligerents was a source of peace and prosperity to the republic.

Exhaustion of the supply of ammunition in a single action is a common naval occurrence.

Exhaustion, weariness, and anxiety will be your continual portion, and in such a state no business can be successfully prosecuted.

The exhaustion that will bring this war to its end at last is a process of destruction of men and material.

Nerve exhaustion he believed was the cause of the nerve weakness.

They felt what with five reviews a day, to say nothing of what might be termed scenes in the circle (attendances at the Bois, dances at the Hôtel de Ville, and the like), their entire exhaustion was only a question of weeks, or even days.

He was too near exhaustion to forge ahead as was his custom.

7 Metaphors for  exhaustion