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.
• 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
• For those of us not in the room, just how strenuous is competing on Drag Race?
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Demi Moore later shared a little about the strenuous process of getting in shape for the movie.
  — Josh Wilson, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
• 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
• 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
• On Wednesday, the third and fourth innings were strenuous.
  — John Shea, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 June 2022
• To Santillan’s thinking, the more strenuous the test the better.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2021
• The Bengals will have a lift Monday before a week of practice that won’t be very strenuous.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The work on a demolition crew was strenuous and dirty, and Chapa, a father of two, said his pay stalled at $26 an hour.
  — Rebecca Plevin, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
• Homage to one classic is paid in the strenuous bid to become another.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2021
• Then head out on a strenuous 12-to-16-mile hike to Yapashi Pueblo, once a major village with hundreds of rooms.
  — Outside Online, 15 Sep. 2022
• This is all physical which is great news for Brad and Jodi — and bad news for Janelle's back, but at least her job in this one is less strenuous.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 7 Jan. 2022
• Most of the first half is rocky and steep — with a 870-foot incline — making this a moderately strenuous hike.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
• For the third and final test, Cameron had the stunt people perform all of the strenuous activity that Jack and Rose go through in the film in order to tire them out.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 2 Feb. 2023
• At first a strenuous workout can make your muscles sore.
  — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
• Walker Buehler and Julio Urías are coming off the most strenuous workloads of their careers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2022
• There are numerous accounts of long, strenuous hours and too-short breaks.
  — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
• These products are great after a stressful day or after a strenuous workout in the gym.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2022
• Do not drive until the healthcare provider gives you the OK, and avoid strenuous exercises or the lifting of heavy objects.
  — Jennifer Whitlock, Rn, Msn, Fn, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2023
• They are possibly trapped in their own queerness and desires, as they are forced to work in some of the most strenuous labor that colonialism has inflicted.
  — Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 26 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024