Literary notes about Vigorous (AI summary)
In literature, "vigorous" is a term imbued with a wide range of dynamic connotations that evoke both physical energy and mental fortitude. It is often deployed to describe robust military actions and physical assaults—as when a determined commander launches a vigorous attack in battle [1] or when a fierce military campaign is characterized as vigorous [2, 3]. Equally, the adjective captures the essence of energetic spirit in individuals, whether referring to the vibrant vigor of a youthful zeal [4, 5] or the resolute intellectual force of a character's mind [6, 7, 8]. The word also lends itself to vivid descriptive passages, where it portrays the unyielding quality of nature or the forcefulness of human emotion [9, 10]. Thus, across various genres and historical periods, "vigorous" serves as a powerful descriptor that underscores strength, determination, and a relentless drive.
- 416 The Persians also who were riding round the wing were seized with alarm when Aretes made a vigorous attack upon them.
— from The Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian - Alcibiades also urgently advised the fortification of Decelea, and a vigorous prosecution of the war.
— from The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides - Meanwhile Hannibal in the course of his siege was conducting vigorous assaults.
— from Dio's Rome, Volume 1 by Cassius Dio Cocceianus - Tommy had a healthy and vigorous appetite.
— from The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie - During the fortnight preceding his trial, he resumed his vigorous life.
— from The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar by Maurice Leblanc - He has a more stately form, stronger nerves and muscles, and, in nine cases out of ten, a more vigorous intellect."
— from History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I - His brain is first-rate, I should think not impressible, but vigorous.”
— from Jane Eyre: An Autobiography by Charlotte Brontë - Mr. Poe has two of the prime qualities of genius, a faculty of vigorous yet minute analysis, and a wonderful fecundity of imagination.
— from The Works of Edgar Allan Poe, The Raven Edition by Edgar Allan Poe - His soft, round, rather snub-nosed face was of a sickly yellowish colour, but had a vigorous and rather ironical expression.
— from Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - She seemed encased in a strong armour of indifference, as though the vigorous exertion of her will had finally benumbed her finer sensibilities.
— from The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton
