How to Use strenuous in a Sentence

strenuous

adjective
  • Today has been a very strenuous day.
  • Avoid all strenuous exercise until the sprain heals.
  • The proposal has faced strenuous opposition.
  • This makes for a 6-mile strenuous round-trip.
    — Roger Naylor, AZCentral.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Most of the hike is flat, but there are a couple of strenuous hills.
    — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2025
  • But that strenuous hike wasn’t just a photo op.
    — John Meyer, Denver Post, 11 Aug. 2025
  • This journey along the bluff can be a bit strenuous, but the views are worth it.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 15 May 2018
  • Nearby hikes range from easy to strenuous.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Clocking in for work might be the most strenuous chore on your schedule.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The 3 1/2-mile hike is rocky, steep and strenuous.
    — Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Is there any strenuous role that’s your North Star in that sense?
    — Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Some of these turns are pretty strenuous, working best when kept brief.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
  • For something a bit less strenuous, jump in the car and drive one or more of the quilt block trails in the area.
    — Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 26 Mar. 2024
  • To make chores less strenuous, there are two laundry rooms, one on each of the bottom two floors.
    — Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Getting there requires a strenuous hike or mule ride.
    — Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Sports drinks are better for long or strenuous workouts.
    — Jillian Kubala, Health, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The late shift is strenuous at the best of times, with understaffing a default state.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
  • The deployments are too far and too long to haul air, and the tasks too strenuous for a basic mask.
    — Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
  • What’s more, going back and forth from hot air to cold air may work your heart as much as a semi-strenuous walk.
    — Popular Science, 9 Mar. 2020
  • For many voters whose regular polling places had been moved, the day was even more strenuous.
    — Kirk Semple and Ana Vanessa Herrero, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2017
  • That’s pretty harsh, and your bush may not bloom very well after such a strenuous pruning.
    — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Those areas of the beach are peppered with big and small rocks, which makes walking tricky and strenuous.
    — Seth Liss, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Routes range from easy to strenuous, and all are within a two-hour drive of Denver.
    — Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
  • If the outlook doesn’t improve, the city could face more strenuous oversight by the state this spring.
    — Jenna Carlesso, Courant Community, 24 Dec. 2017
  • There are many trails throughout the region, ranging from short walks to longer, more strenuous hikes.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
  • And many don’t make it through the strenuous academy and training.
    — Holly Yan, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
  • But his doctor has told him the five-hour flight, plus hours of waiting at airports is too strenuous for him now.
    — Audrey McAvoy and Haven Daley, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But some day we will be compelled to take time to recuperate for the strenuous life.
    — The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The path to the big leagues is still a long and strenuous journey, but that's not something Grady fears.
    — Johnny Resendiz, CBS News, 11 May 2026
  • The rocky, strenuous trail has little shade and no water sources aside from some small creeks, Baird said.
    — Fox News, 24 June 2021

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'strenuous.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: