How to Use strenuous in a Sentence
strenuous
adjective- Today has been a very strenuous day.
- Avoid all strenuous exercise until the sprain heals.
- The proposal has faced strenuous opposition.
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A long night of looking up at the stars can be strenuous for the neck.
—Dana Holmes, CNN Underscored, 18 Aug. 2020
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For something a bit less strenuous, jump in the car and drive one or more of the quilt block trails in the area.
—Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2024
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For those of us not in the room, just how strenuous is competing on Drag Race?
—Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2022
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The entire trail is 0.6 miles but is strenuous at times.
—John Pana, cleveland, 19 Mar. 2020
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The deployments are too far and too long to haul air, and the tasks too strenuous for a basic mask.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
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Video games are among the most strenuous work, said Whyte, who’s also been the voice of Crash Bandicoot.
—Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2020
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Working in those conditions is strenuous, and on top of that, the fridge broke down and the staff had to remake all the food.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 1 July 2021
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The late shift is strenuous at the best of times, with understaffing a default state.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
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To make chores less strenuous, there are two laundry rooms, one on each of the bottom two floors.
—Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 14 Jan. 2021
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The 4-mile strenuous loop was out of the question, but my parents were determined to give it a shot.
—Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
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Clocking in for work might be the most strenuous chore on your schedule.
—Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2021
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Demi Moore later shared a little about the strenuous process of getting in shape for the movie.
—Josh Wilson, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
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Those areas of the beach are peppered with big and small rocks, which makes walking tricky and strenuous.
—Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
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The rocky, strenuous trail has little shade and no water sources aside from some small creeks, Baird said.
—Fox News, 24 June 2021
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Most of the crushed limestone path offers grades of less than 4%, but there are a few strenuous sections.
—Tim Warsinskey, cleveland, 12 Apr. 2022
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On Wednesday, the third and fourth innings were strenuous.
—John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2022
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What’s more, going back and forth from hot air to cold air may work your heart as much as a semi-strenuous walk.
—Popular Science, 9 Mar. 2020
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To Santillan’s thinking, the more strenuous the test the better.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2021
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Some things are still too strenuous for the former athlete.
—Emily Wilder, USA TODAY, 3 Dec. 2020
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The Bengals will have a lift Monday before a week of practice that won’t be very strenuous.
—Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
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But his doctor has told him the five-hour flight, plus hours of waiting at airports is too strenuous for him now.
—Audrey McAvoy and Haven Daley, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
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For those looking to take in the scenery in a less strenuous way, head to Bosquepiedra, where sparkling lakes, verdant forests, and waterfalls await.
—Hannah Freedman, Travel + Leisure, 7 Aug. 2020
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They were exhausted entering the playoffs and the strenuous run caught up to them in the NBA Finals.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023
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And many don’t make it through the strenuous academy and training.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
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Many of the efforts at rescue have been strenuous, like the assistance of a man on the banks of the Passaic River near a bridge.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 6 Sep. 2021
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But most of them are not in the strenuous role of public service — and certainly not in the role of president.
—Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
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There has already been strenuous opposition to each of those ideas, and the proposal to take over Gaza seemed certain to generate even more controversy.
—Michael D. Shear, New York Times, 5 Feb. 2025
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