vigorous
adjective
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Examples of vigorous in a Sentence
Haleluya Hadero, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
On questions of tolerance and equality, a fuller and timely picture of Buckley’s thinking would also have addressed his vigorous advocacy against antisemitism on the right.
—The Editors, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
The carry-on suitcase is made with an abrasion-resistant twill that looked as good as new after our vigorous drop-testing.
—Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2024
Secure the lid on your shaker and give it a vigorous shake.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes, 26 Mar. 2024
Engaging in more vigorous physical activity reduced the risk by 17%, while never smoking had a 14% risk reduction.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 20 Feb. 2024
As a longtime assistant, he is credited with transforming languid N.B.A. pregame routines with vigorous development work and, before that, being the architect of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s amoeba defense in the 1990s.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
The ecstatic effect is one of historical ethnography, a reanimation not only of the poet’s creative vitality but also of the vigorous, colorful, sensual, violent poetry of daily village life and ritual that surrounded him.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2024
In an astonishing cosmic cycle that occurs every 2.4 million years, Mars’ gravitational pull is shifting Earth’s path around the sun, warming its climate and increasing vigorous deep ocean circulation, according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature Communications.
—Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Mar. 2024
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Word History
Middle English vigorous, vigrous, from Anglo-French, from vigour
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2
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“Vigorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vigorous. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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