exigeant

• “Un programme si rigoureusement exigeant qu'il suffit de se laisser aller quelques jours pour se retrouver en jachère.”

  French Word-A-Day:

• “She was never pert, never exigeant, never romantic, and never humble.”

  The Claverings

• “He was, moreover, suspicious of neglect, and vindictive when neglected; querulous of others, and intolerant of reproof himself; exigeant among men, and more than politely flattering among women.”

  La Vend�e

• “She could not do otherwise than accept him, for he was rich, and she had nothing; but he turns out ill – tempered and exigeant, and wants a young woman, a beautiful young woman of five – and – twenty, to be as steady as himself.”

  Mansfield Park

• “I was fastidious, exigeant, you understand, with a thousand francs in my pocket.”

  Down and Out in Paris and London

• “Our Colonel, in writing to Lady Albury, had declared Aldershot to be a most exigeant place — by which he had intended to imply that his professional cares were too heavy to allow his frequent absence; but nevertheless he would contrive occasionally to fly up to London for a little relief.”

  Ayala's Angel

• “Nor was Aunt Emmeline very exigeant, though she was fantastic and sometimes disagreeable.”

  Ayala's Angel

• “I could not leave this most exigeant of all places this week.”

  Ayala's Angel

• “Frank had been a good son as regards money — not exigeant as was Lady Arabella, or selfishly reckless as was his nephew Lord”

  Doctor Thorne

• “Men were sick of it all, and would not be exigeant.”

  Phineas Finn

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