Sentence examples for he was robust from inspiring English sources

He was robust or, rather, fat.

Even though he had been delivered six weeks early, he was robust and breathing on his own.

His final ball could have been better but he was robust, energetic and offered an attacking threat.

"As a young councillor he was robust and challenging in debate and enjoyed the cut and thrust of political life.

Miraculously provided with a vigor he had never had, he was robust within months, with the bounce of a soccer player.

Franklin Roosevelt, according to historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., "radiated personal charm, joy in his work, optimism for the future". Meeting Roosevelt, according to Winston Churchill, was "like uncorking a bottle of champagne". Hubert Humphrey was known as the "happy warrior," displaying what Ronald Reagan described as "a truly buoyant civility". "He was robust and energetic," said Reagan.

"He is robust physically and psychologically," he said.

Those close to Miliband say he is "robust" on this.

"His strength is that he's robust and tough," thinks Nightingale.

He's robust enough to withstand shocks like that and come out the other side.

In my family, this fact was always diplomatically diminished with: "He's not fat, he's robust".