hale

Example Sentences

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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

Still hale despite walking with a cane, he suffers from a lifelong case of perfectionism.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 12, 2023

Is his “quality of life” what I would wish for him or what he imagined when hale?

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2022

Ernest disembarked in New York seeming more hale than he had in years, delighting Alfred and Manette Loomis, who greeted the voyagers at dockside.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik