strenuousness
IPA: strˈɛnjuʌsnʌs
noun
- The state or character of being strenuous; active zeal.
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Examples of "strenuousness" in Sentences
- I didnt count on the strenuousness of Admiral Janeways objections.
- That they attributed to his "strenuousness" in his work, and thought it to be deplored.
- By this time in American history, indeed, the leadership consensus had shifted from strenuousness to cheerfulness.
- More than one of the influences thus hastily surveyed combine in creating the moral, social, and intellectual strenuousness which is one of the main marks of the literature of the period.
- When a man has so much time on his hands and easy access to good books, it is only natural his thoughts should be more profound than when he is so occupied as in normal times, with the strenuousness of living.
- We have the same and a great deal more than the same absence of wealth and luxury and case, which, while they breed the highest civilizations and the highest art, no doubt, and the most minute science, nevertheless deprive those who live under such conditions of a certain strenuousness and nervous energy.
- For example, Robbins, a proponent of strenuousness in all things, is fond of advising readers to take "Massive Action" in pursuit of their goals; it follows, therefore, that the preferable approach is almost certainly to take numerous tiny actions – the kind that will sneak unnoticed past the part of your mind that's itching to procrastinate or rebel.
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