As a whole, however, Horizon Theatre Rep's black-box production, directed by Alex Lippard, lacks vigor, often getting bogged down beneath the weight of the words.
He mentioned no critics by name, but Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate armed services committee, has complained loudly that the bombing campaign lacks vigor.
John Leland of Spin wrote that while it is ambitious and successful as a "dialogue on the crosscultural elasticity of the funk", the album lacks vigor as actual funk music, as it "looks beyond funk to a rad thesis; by my ears it never gets beyond its thesis and into the funk".
But the inquiry can strangely lack vigor.
For all the exceptional handwork creating a slim shearling dress or chunky cable knits, the show lacked vigor.
But in a contest that saw fireworks Tuesday night when Trump, the decisive frontrunner, accused Jeb Bush, the clubby choice, of lacking vigor, the cable channel also faces hazards.
Dear Farley Katz, While I appreciate you taking the time to blog about our viral art-rap song, I'm sorry to say your journalistic approach lacked vigor.
No one could accuse Mr. Doran's version, which deliberately evokes the tumultuous African dictatorships and civil wars of recent years, of lacking vigor.
Their values may have been the right ones, but as a collective they lost focus, lacked vigor, and, in the end, could not resist the blandishments of a cunning suitor.
Other principals had a bumpy night: Maxim Mironov lacked vigor as Alphonse, Fenella's seducer, and the captivating young soprano Eglise Gutiérrez, as the unhappy noblewoman Elvire, struggled through a cold.
That's a lot of weight to put on a campaign or an individual, but this critical sense of lacking vigor has been a label that's stuck.
