hale

Example Sentences

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He has gone to lengths to appear hale, skiing with a professional snowboarder and with an Olympic gold medalist who called him a “ripper” as they raced down the mountain.

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

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

I was lucky to be hale and have access to free advice; my father and I got along best when I had a physical problem he could fix over the phone.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2022

By contrast the northmen seemed hale and healthy, big ruddy men with beards as thick as bushes, clad in fur and iron.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin