Sentence examples for been strenuous from inspiring English sources
adjective
Urgent, ardent, zealous.
Unfortunately, these recommendations stopped short of a zero-tolerance policy for all abusive priests, an issue on which there appears to have been strenuous disagreement.
Between 1985 and 1994, 12,000 people may have been killed.Since then, there have been strenuous efforts to shake off the province's war-zone image.
There has been strenuous debate over whether America should get involved when there is famine in Somalia or Sudan, genocide in Rwanda, mass killings in East Timor or a refugee exodus in Kosovo.
The incoming administration has been strenuous in reaching out to Republican leaders in Congress — directly or through emissaries — while many prominent Republicans have been generous in kind, beginning with President Bush (who won grace points last week for again welcoming Mr. Obama to the White House, this time hosting a lunch with the three living ex-presidents).
In the past 40 years, there have been strenuous international efforts to dissuade other countries from joining the five declared nuclear weapons states.
The choreography is strenuous.
The effort required is strenuous.
Roller derby is strenuous work.
