hale
Example Sentences
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During the 1918–19 flu pandemic, however, doctors and other observers noted a high death toll among young, presumably hale adults.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 9, 2023
Gaining any new clarity about surging reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, will take time, better data gathering and diagnostic tools and, perhaps most importantly, a hale and hearty dose of nit-picking scientific scrutiny.
From Scientific American • Jun. 9, 2023
Logan is hale and full of bluster in his limo on the way to his flight, giving no hint as to what's coming.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2023
Still hale despite walking with a cane, he suffers from a lifelong case of perfectionism.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2023
If the gods were good, Lannister’s severed head was halfway back to King’s Landing by now, but more like the dwarf was hale and whole and somewhere close, stinking drunk and plot-ting some new infamy.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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