Sentence examples for rather strenuous from inspiring English sources

We are in our 70's, and healthy enough for the rather strenuous walking and climbing that we experienced almost everywhere.

The result, as it happens, tends to leave behind those in the cast who don't possess either Mr. Rylance's technique (Johnny Flynn as an unusually blank Viola) or his innately comic cut-and-thrust (Roger Lloyd Pack's rather strenuous Andrew Aguecheek).

So I think this rather strenuous equality is good for the moral fibre.' Still, the writing life, shared, does have its peculiarities, and it is perhaps only through glimpses of oddly intimate domestic quirks that one might begin to understand the resulting professional success.

The adequacy of CoPP was reflected by a high resuscitability of our animals (see Additional file 5), despite a rather strenuous and prolonged protocol.

To cure a hangover quickly, there is a rather strenuous method that you can try: Go out and run 7 kilometres (four miles) as fast as you can.

Schools should "redefine" physical activity, focussing on low-level effort rather than strenuous exercise, says a leading sports medicine consultant.

The pursuit of decadence figures not so much as wild, spontaneous frenzy but a strenuous, rather suburban exercise in imitation and pastiche.

Just two weeks later, in the early hours of 1 June, Niarchos went in pursuit of a different kind of high, an immediate chemical upswing rather than a strenuous physical ascent.

A wealthy person might advertise his appreciation of culture through painting, sculpture, and decorative arts at his home though some efforts strike modern viewers and some ancient connoisseurs as strenuous rather than tasteful.

It was horrible with all the memory gaps.// If you give birth too fast your body doesn't recognize what's happening // It would've been nice to talk about it, there are so many thoughts and feelings but it wasn't strenuous, rather a positive experience.

They are seen standing as if in caught in a moment or thought or reflection rather than engaged in strenuous pursuits.