Literary notes about Robust (AI summary)
The term robust in literature demonstrates remarkable versatility, serving both as a descriptor of physicality and a metaphor for vigor and resilience. Authors have employed it to depict stout, sturdy bodies and expressions of hearty constitution—illustrated by mentions of a corpulent appearance and well-formed limbs ([1], [2], [3])—as well as to evoke an enduring spirit and intellectual vitality, as when robust characterizes a persistent soul or a spirited rebellion ([4], [5], [6]). It also finds use in conveying structural strength or the enduring quality of institutions and devices, suggesting that something is capable of withstanding challenges ([7], [8]). This rich semantic range affirms how the word robust encapsulates both tangible strength and the more abstract qualities of energy and determination.
- I am, it is well known, of a robust and corpulent appearance, and at the same time somewhat diminutive in stature.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - Pfuel was short and very thin but broad-boned, of coarse, robust build, broad in the hips, and with prominent shoulder blades.
— from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy - His legs were very robust, but shorter than legs of good proportions should have been.
— from Hard Times by Charles Dickens - Their critical scruples and transcendental qualms covered a robust rebellion against being fooled by authority.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana - I slept well and laughed well—I was perfectly robust and patient.”
— from Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche - If one of us ought to be ill it is I—more robust, more courageous; I should support illness more easily.
— from Napoleon's Letters to Josephine, 1796-1812 by Emperor of the French Napoleon I - That frame, once so robust, was now but the fragile tenement of a departing soul.
— from The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne - The system is constantly expanded to include new services, refined to include more functions, and enhanced to become more robust.
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno
