strenuous
Example Sentences
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The sisters' skeletons contained unusually robust muscle attachments, indicating that they regularly performed strenuous physical activities.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
This was strenuous work, often yielding meager rewards.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
Moving the rock through finer and finer grits is time-consuming, strenuous and not always rewarding.
From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026
Officials have warned people to stay indoors to avoid the smoke, and to avoid strenuous activity and heavy breathing when spending time outside.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
During spring and summer—the most strenuous periods of foraging—a worker bee, as a rule, does not live more than four or five weeks .
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
Vocabulary lists containing strenuous
List 6
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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