strenuous

Example Sentences

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The U.S. military made strenuous efforts to distance itself from Israel when it mounted its Desert Storm campaign in 1991 to evict Iraqi forces from Kuwait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Castro was freed in late November after strenuous diplomatic efforts by France and flown home to Paris, where his mother had been frantically awaiting news of his fate.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

The tram offers hikers who don’t feel like taking the strenuous Cactus to Clouds route: From the tram’s Mountain Station, you can hike 10 miles out and back, which shaves off about 10 arduous miles.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

In a post on X, Fletcher said Hamas must "make strenuous efforts to return all the bodies of the deceased hostages".

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

I could listen to the big radio, but I wasn’t allowed to do anything strenuous, including going outside to play, until I had been cleared by the doctor.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers