The strenuous effort depleted her coal stocks and overtaxed her engines.

The school kept a strenuous effort despite the historical vicissitudes.

The community responded to this gesture with a strenuous effort to build financial support for the new hospital.

After a strenuous effort, they get the permission and head for the tower.

The post-war decades witnessed a strenuous effort to revive the national and international economies.

Most people need to wake up, warm up, and be energized before they're ready for the spiritually strenuous work of true worship.

Physically demanding labour has been replaced by less strenuous work in offices.

He said that they all worked in shops while he stayed at home avoiding strenuous work because of a heart condition.

Strenuous work overnight by the military and the fire service saved the power station from flooding.

The few farm buffalo which still do work are much bigger than the racers because of the strenuous work they perform.

After a particularly strenuous workout one evening he invited me to his for a coffee.

Well, not unless she were pregnant, she volunteers, because she would never dream of a strenuous workout while she was pregnant.

The steep hill provides a strenuous workout, as well as citywide vistas.

These subjects, however, were only about 25 per cent more active than average, suggesting that the risk of developing the disease could be reduced without strenuous workouts.

She has the flawless skin and bright eyes of someone with the iron discipline to go to bed early, drink loads of water and put themselves through lengthy, strenuous workouts.