Example Sentences

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He put a curb on strenuosity; started to study the French temperament; he began to see why he had not succeeded.

From The War After the War by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick

He gazed at the prince now with veiled expectancy, his attitude seemingly relaxed, innocent of strenuosity.

From A Man and His Money by Isham, Frederic Stewart

Such patients must be taught to lead tranquil lives without any of the excitement and strenuosity that, after all, accomplishes so little.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

I hardly wonder, when they came to scan The upshot of their strenuosity, They gazed with mixed emotions upon me.

From Gloucester Moors and Other Poems by Moody, William Vaughn

That sparkling briskness—the tang—which is the best the temperate climate has to offer, gives the Native Son his high powered strenuosity.

From The Native Son by Gillmore, Inez Haynes