strenuous
Example Sentences
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The activity needs to be strenuous enough to leave you noticeably out of breath.
From Science Daily • May 16, 2026
“I am certain,” he wrote in one letter, “that we must make strenuous efforts … to improve the so-called Army mind.”
From Slate • Feb. 9, 2026
For some users, Runna’s savings came with a hidden cost: an injury from plans they said were too strenuous.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 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
Penelope felt self-conscious gobbling away while the children were so gloomy, but the strenuous dancing of the previous day had given her a hearty appetite that no amount of stuffed dead animal heads could erase.
From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing strenuous
List 6
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And Then There Were None
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