Sentence examples for rigorous stand from inspiring English sources

Well, in 1953, the Screen Actors Guild decided to take a rigorous stand on blacklisting: Some 96percentt of their members voted in favor of making members sign a "loyalty oath".

Ms. Marshall's rigorous book stands on the shoulders of earlier scholarship and many previous biographies of Fuller.

All that has very little to do with the Romanovs (nothing, really), and now a more rigorous study stands to eclipse Massie's more personal page-turner.

A small and often silent man, as kind as he is morally rigorous, Foyle stands guard over basic humanity as the whirlwind of war and modernity threatens to uproot the good with the bad.

As is often the case with rock stars, Thompson's myth didn't stand rigorous scrutiny.

"While she knows the rigorous process would stand up to any frivolous legal challenge, the administrator doesn&apos t think a new Scopes trial is the best way to move America forward on this issue," Gilfillan added.

Social programs — which often fail to achieve their fundamental goals — could also stand some rigorous scrutiny.

"60 Minutes" used to stand for rigorous, honest reporting.

She was methodical and rigorous, qualities that had stood her in good stead when she worked for the Office of Strategic Services during the war, and that would define her method in codifying French cuisine.

His sound-bite atheism does not stand up to rigorous scrutiny".

Who would argue that the spooks' work should not stand up to rigorous cross-examination?