Urban hiking is based on the idea that the city can be as exciting – and strenuous – a place to go for a walk as hills or mountains.
Americans may approve of certain individual policies of Obamacare right now, but may not once a strenuous debate takes place.
This will place strenuous demands on Haiti's crippled agriculture sector and leave many returnees in limbo, without homes or jobs awaiting them.
British prisons are suicidal places: despite strenuous efforts to keep the toll down, and a general decline in suicide among the population at large, rates have drifted upwards over the past 15 years.
Mike Viry and Yunaisy Farray look out of place, however, their strenuous sultriness imported from late-night Cuban cabaret; while contemporary dance couple Alleviate need to find better choreography than their literal-minded duets of sex and heartbreak.
Playland's formula is a less strenuous, Queens-based version of places like the Surf Lodge, which have transformed Montauk into a party spot: a distressed wood patio, a pebbled "beach" with folding chairs, a couple of plastic splash pools and inexpensive beers.
Synchronised swimming is a strenuous and skilful sport that places huge demands on competitors, who need strength, flexibility, rhythm and flair to succeed.
This kind of work situation could be perceived as strenuous if the possibility to change the work place is slim.
With his tortured walk, in which every step is an effort, and expression of gentle desperation, Billy is Inishmaan incarnate, a place where life is a strenuous, tedious, hope-busting chore that turns people into small-time monsters.
The report says that "the events of 31 May 2010 should never have taken place as they did and strenuous efforts should be made to prevent the occurrence of such incidents in the future".
