strenuousness

Example Sentences

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But the strenuousness of the effort shows, and the results, it seems to me, are unconvincing and at times dismayingly reductive.

From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 2021

The strenuousness of the mountain did pose some problems for this musical crowd, however.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2015

That joining together of aspiring strenuousness with an ever-increasing allusiveness would define Carter's creative project for the next two decades.

From The Guardian • Nov. 6, 2012

“I think that he’s done some very good work on the board,” Dr. Goldstein said, though he added, “I disagree with the strenuousness of his statement” about Mr. Kushner.

From New York Times • May 11, 2011

Perhaps the Party was rotten under the surface, its cult of strenuousness and self-denial simply a sham concealing iniquity.

From "1984" by George Orwell