1 Like herself, the town was a mixture of the old and new in Georgia, in which the old often came off second best in its conflicts with the self-willed and vigorous new.
2 Everything about her was at once vigorous and exquisite, at once strong and fine.
3 Presented in the light of Mrs. Trenor's vigorous comments, the reckoning was certainly a formidable one, and Lily, as she listened, found herself gradually reverting to her friend's view of the situation.
4 She seemed encased in a strong armour of indifference, as though the vigorous exertion of her will had finally benumbed her finer sensibilities.
5 It was a martial immensity, vigorous, a little harsh, unsoftened by kindly gardens.
6 They generally are of two sorts; those composed almost entirely of females, and those mustering none but young vigorous males, or bulls, as they are familiarly designated.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters. 7 The schools composing none but young and vigorous males, previously mentioned, offer a strong contrast to the harem schools.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters. 8 As he came up the stairs in the dark, he heard scuffling on the back porch, and then the sound of a vigorous slap.
9 A long, a vigorous, and, as it appeared to the females, a desperate effort, closed the struggle.
10 When they engaged, some little time was lost in eluding the quick and vigorous thrusts which had been aimed at their lives.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 12 11 Cheering David, he moved on with the light and vigorous step of youth and enterprise.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 22 12 There was a vigorous discussion.
13 He was sprightly, vigorous, fiery in his belief in success.
14 Here the boys emerged from under the table, and, with hands and faces well plastered with molasses, began a vigorous kissing of the baby.
15 The child, a boy of ten months, was uncommonly large and strong of his age, and very vigorous in his limbs.