Collocations for exhaustion - noun
ADJECTIVE
complete,
pure,
sheer,
total,
utter
extreme
emotional, mental, nervous, physical
heat
extreme
emotional, mental, nervous, physical
heat
VERB + exhaustion
suffer from
She was taken to the hospital suffering from exhaustion.
She was taken to the hospital suffering from exhaustion.
feel
Never had she felt such utter exhaustion.
Never had she felt such utter exhaustion.
be close to,
be near to,
near
He was hollow-eyed and seemed very close to exhaustion.
The rowers were nearing exhaustion.
He was hollow-eyed and seemed very close to exhaustion.
The rowers were nearing exhaustion.
be overcome by,
be overcome with,
collapse from,
collapse with,
drop from
(esp. AmE)
Two of the horses collapsed with exhaustion.
Two of the horses collapsed with exhaustion.
drive sb to,
lead to
Don't work too hard and drive yourself to exhaustion.
Don't work too hard and drive yourself to exhaustion.
be dead from,
be dead with
die from, die of
die from, die of
PREPOSITION
in exhaustion
He fell silent, with his head bowed in exhaustion.
He fell silent, with his head bowed in exhaustion.
with exhaustion
She was faint with exhaustion.
She was faint with exhaustion.
PHRASES
at the point of exhaustion,
to the point of exhaustion
driven to the point of complete exhaustion
driven to the point of complete exhaustion
a state of exhaustion
a wave of exhaustion
Suddenly a wave of exhaustion hit him.
a wave of exhaustion
Suddenly a wave of exhaustion hit him.
on the brink of exhaustion,
to the brink of exhaustion
They have been pushed to the brink of exhaustion.
They have been pushed to the brink of exhaustion.