Involving the expenditure of a great deal of effort or energy; very strenuous.
she took control of the race, setting a hard pace in the lung-busting climb to Snake Hill
a lung-busting 80-yard sprint
Example sentencesExamples
She achieved no less than a personal best and a bronze medal for her lung-busting efforts in the 1,500 metres final.
If you're up for a lung-busting hike, don't miss the 6.4-mile (one way) Sperry Trail to Sperry Chalet.
In between these two fun spots are lung-busting climbs, fast, swoopy downhills and enough buff trail interlaced with roots and rocks to put a smile on most riders' faces.
He clearly possesses pace but did not have the stamina to complete lung-busting raids.
The lung-busting efforts of midweek would have sapped the strength from Samson.
He once pushed the 1997 Lions through 100 lung-busting scrums at altitude in preparation for a Test match.
Burnley burst towards the tape with a lung-busting performance, dominating the game from the first kick to the last whistle.
It was a lung-busting uphill heave-ho in thick mud.
Despite the lung-busting altitude, the unrelenting, cobbled trails and the punishing gradients, each year more people arrive to test their mettle.
Whether you want a gentle stroll or a lung-busting trek, the Southend Week of Walks, organised by Southend Council, will offer something for all ages and abilities.
Definition of lung-busting in US English:
lung-busting
adjective
informal
Requiring a great deal of effort or energy; very strenuous.
she took control of the race, setting a hard pace in the lung-busting climb to Snake Hill
a lung-busting 80-yard sprint
Example sentencesExamples
It was a lung-busting uphill heave-ho in thick mud.
The lung-busting efforts of midweek would have sapped the strength from Samson.
Despite the lung-busting altitude, the unrelenting, cobbled trails and the punishing gradients, each year more people arrive to test their mettle.
In between these two fun spots are lung-busting climbs, fast, swoopy downhills and enough buff trail interlaced with roots and rocks to put a smile on most riders' faces.
He once pushed the 1997 Lions through 100 lung-busting scrums at altitude in preparation for a Test match.
Burnley burst towards the tape with a lung-busting performance, dominating the game from the first kick to the last whistle.
If you're up for a lung-busting hike, don't miss the 6.4-mile (one way) Sperry Trail to Sperry Chalet.
He clearly possesses pace but did not have the stamina to complete lung-busting raids.
Whether you want a gentle stroll or a lung-busting trek, the Southend Week of Walks, organised by Southend Council, will offer something for all ages and abilities.
She achieved no less than a personal best and a bronze medal for her lung-busting efforts in the 1,500 metres final.