Was "sturdy" a word that could be used to describe a person in English, or was "robust" better?
The scenes, though they feel improvised, at times almost accidentally recorded, have a syncopated authenticity for which the sturdy old word realism seems inadequate.
The New Yorker, December 25 , 1926 P. 12Bootleggers have three fine, sturdy new words roaming in this city.
The product description for the cat carrier included the words "sturdy construction".
"Simple, sturdy and reliable", words that are often used to laud Maruti Suzuki, also describe the India-Japan relatinnship in many ways.
Blues and gospel inflections strengthened near the end of the evening with her forceful renditions of "Ain't It De Truth" from "Jamaica," sung in tribute to Lena Horne), and "Some Days," Steve Marzullo's sturdy hymnlike setting of words by James Baldwin.
In THE DELICATE STORM (Marian Wood/Putnam, $24.95), the sturdy sequel to "Forty Words for Sorrow," the freakish weather casts a spooky fog around Algonquin Bay, melts the ice on Lake Nipissing and rouses hibernating bears from their caves.
Sturdy and functional are words that come to mind when describing a baby's.
The fund just needed a good, sturdy name full of confidence-inspiring words, possibly including the surname of a famous money manager, or even a famous explorer.
Words and ideas must be more sturdy than that.
