Meanings of gruel hours in English

Doctoral students the world over have long despaired about the gruelling hours required to obtain a PhD.

Social care is collapsing because too few people are willing to work gruelling hours in disgraceful conditions for pitiful pay.

They worked gruelling hours.

An independent midwife with many years experience says they are not properly compensated for the gruelling hours and demanding work they do.

He said Mr Mitchell "took on the toughest job imaginable and worked gruelling hours to advance... the cause of peace."

Students study for 35 gruelling hours a week, and are in high demand upon graduation -both here in the UK and abroad.

That the wealth of the 1% continues to accumulate, while minimum wage employees work gruelling hours on insecure contracts and still struggle to make rent.