He objected strenuously to the stand his party was taking. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a strenuous afternoon of hunting. ,To think deeply is a strenuous task. ,a strenuous person; a strenuous intellect. From Dictionary.com.
Most Americans (58%) believe Congress acted appropriately in strenuously opposing the deal, while just 24% say lawmakers made too much of the situation. From Wordnik.com. [March 2006] Reference
Mr Callely has "strenuously" rejected the report's findings. From Wordnik.com. [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference
Baldwin's lawyer, Roger Chambers, said his client "strenuously" denied the charges. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
The prime minister speedily issued a statement, "strenuously" rejecting Mr. Ben-Artzi's comments. From Wordnik.com. [The Washington Times stories: Latest Headlines] Reference
The two universities said in a statement that they "strenuously" disagree with the report by Prof. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
Why am I strenuously opposed to do-it-yourself wills?. From Wordnik.com. [The Case Against Do-It-Yourself Wills] Reference
Why do men strenuously avoid contradictory propositions?. From Wordnik.com. [The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume 1, January, 1880] Reference
Long and strenuously the firemen fought the hungry flames. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
Relatives have strenuously denied that the three are spies. From Wordnik.com. [Iranian authorities: American hiker will be released after posting $500K bail] Reference
But the one Thanksgiving tradition I try strenuously to avoid is travel. From Wordnik.com. [America the Unwelcoming] Reference
So I wasnt in a position of saying no quite so frequently or so strenuously. From Wordnik.com. [Tea Party-Backed Miller Takes On Alaska's Murkowski] Reference
A chorus of nations cried foul, and few more strenuously than the Brazilians. From Wordnik.com. [Brazil's Tussle Over U.S. Steel] Reference
Short is so strenuously nice that he makes niceness seem like a bizarre affliction. From Wordnik.com. [This Goodbye Is A Bad Buy] Reference
BAT strenuously denied any knowledge of the smuggling of its cigarettes into China. From Wordnik.com. [A Hard Habit To Break] Reference
This is a message Western leaders don't want to hear -- and strenuously seek to refute. From Wordnik.com. [The Perils Of Peacekeeping] Reference
Grace pulled the bell rather strenuously by way of expressing her feelings, and waited. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School] Reference
Why did they insist so strenuously upon this, and incorporate it into their philosophy?. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Ethical Theory] Reference
“Who's there?” he squinted, inspecting me strenuously with his head cocked to the side. From Wordnik.com. [Unspoken Bonds] Reference
Some international aid workers, meanwhile, argued strenuously that the force should come ahead. From Wordnik.com. [Running Scared] Reference
I'm also strenuously opposed to state ownership having spent much of my life in and out of China. From Wordnik.com. [Q&Amp;A: How 9-11 Changed Media Coverage] Reference
Business and insurance companies are lobbying strenuously against the measure, fearing exploding costs. From Wordnik.com. [Follow The Money] Reference
He argued strenuously that Israel had reduced the number of rocket attacks from Gaza into Southern Israel. From Wordnik.com. [Israel Declares Cease-Fire In Gaza] Reference
I had opposed the movement strenuously, but acquiesced because it was the order of my superior at the time. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The men of the village were mostly engaged, though not very strenuously, in the rice paddies or in fishing. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in the Orient] Reference
While Everett carped about the committee system, he lobbied strenuously for the Agriculture seat and won it. From Wordnik.com. [Housebroken] Reference
And we are slow to make revisions, for revisions seem to reflect on views that we may have strenuously defended. From Wordnik.com. [Love's Final Victory] Reference
It's particularly important advice for people with heart disease and for healthy people who exercise strenuously. From Wordnik.com. [Big-Belly Blues] Reference
Some fellows objected strenuously, but finally consented when they considered what a rich joke it really would be. From Wordnik.com. [Over the Line] Reference
Liberals strenuously and unsuccessfully attempted to compete in that medium — witness the anemia of their Air America. From Wordnik.com. [Fraudulent 'Fairness'] Reference
He proved that he could play as strenuously as he was accustomed to work, and that he was still a young man in his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Grey Town An Australian Story] Reference
But the conservative German chancellor candidate Edmund Stoiber speaks for many (if not most) in strenuously opposing it. From Wordnik.com. [Europe's Orphan] Reference
Then there is Hillary Rodham Clinton, who strenuously denies that she would accept the spot -- even if Kerry came begging. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Advice on Veep: Beware the Hot Dog Syndrome] Reference
Ingenious and slick though this staging was, a less claustrophobic setting might not compete so strenuously with the music. From Wordnik.com. [Bliss; BBC Prom 61: Hänsel and Gretel] Reference
Nor does it have feelings of guilt about a doctrine of self-interest, which it pursues strenuously in its economic activities. From Wordnik.com. [The Long Shadow Of Vietnam] Reference
And, at the same time, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer has been strenuously undercutting the Speaker's position on this issue. From Wordnik.com. [Richard (RJ) Eskow: Republicans and the "Left" Agree: Defending Social Security Is a Political Winner] Reference
And the government has strenuously denied, for instance, any involvement in recent killings in which a prominent journalist was killed. From Wordnik.com. [Rwanda Holds 2nd Presidential Poll Since Genocide] Reference
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