Both Uses of
strenuous
in
1984, by Orwell
- An overpowering smell of sweat, a sort of unconscious testimony to the strenuousness of his life, followed him about wherever he went, and even remained behind him after he had gone.†
p. 22.5 *
- Who knew, perhaps the Party was rotten under the surface, its cult of strenuousness and self-denial simply a sham concealing iniquity.†
p. 125.6
Definition:
energetic; or physically or mentally difficult or requiring endurance