“And it bred optimism among people who knew ruthless competition and gruelingly hard work.”

“A gruelingly effective movement, performing it requires a unique combination of strength, balance and aerobic ability.”

“Did he, as his father, have the right to stand in his son's way to reach the happiness he earned so gruelingly over the past years?”

“This idealism extends to Beethoven's treatment of his vocal soloists, their writing often gruellingly instrumental.”

“If you don't know who they are, you will after their gruellingly endless namechecks.”

“Anyway, it all gets gruellingly predictable as Morrissey and Dunbar's losers are forced to pretend they're ruthless contract killers until the net closes in.”