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US
/ˈstɹɛnjuəs/
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[ UK /stɹˈɛnjuːəs/ ]
[ UK /stɹˈɛnjuːəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance
a strenuous task
your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here
his final, straining burst of speed -
characterized by or performed with much energy or force
strenuous exercise
How To Use strenuous In A Sentence
- Strenuously jamming their alleged principles into an oubliette is an exercise that apparently causes blindness, as well. Archive 2009-11-01
- And he is not alone in judging the test less than strenuous. Times, Sunday Times
- And so he had grown in the warmth of his parents 'love, trained in what we call outdoor sports, but which are life itself to the Arab, until at fourteen no one could surpass him in running or horsemanship or spear-throwing, whilst with rifle or revolver he could clip the hair off the top of a man's head, the which strenuous accomplishments he balanced in passing his leisure moments in the gentle arts of verse-making and even music, in spite of the latter being condemned by religion; also did he learn to converse in foreign tongues. Desert Love
- She made strenuous efforts to tame her anger.
- Do not undertake strenuous exercise for a few hours after a meal to allow food to digest.
- In the case of the anti-deficit campaign, flaccid fiscal management was a weakness to be strenuously avoided.
- 2 miles; strenuous walk, steep ascent; hillwalking footwear. Times, Sunday Times
- Patients returned to sedentary work after 1 week and to strenuous work after 5 to 6 months.
- It's a fairly strenuous activity, but only needs doing twice a year.
- Schools of occultism insist most strenuously on the deific and all-powerful nature of such beings.
