All 9 Uses of
vigor
in
Crime and Punishment, by Dostoyevsky
- She was pale, but it was a healthy pallor; her face was radiant with freshness and vigour.†
Chpt 3.1
- Razumihin vigorously attacked the lodgings, but, remembering Luzhin, stopped in embarrassment and was greatly relieved by Pulcheria Alexandrovna's questions, which showered in a continual stream upon him.†
Chpt 3.2vigorously = in a strong or energetic manner
- "Yes, that is what I love him for," Razumihin, exaggerating it all, muttered to himself, with a vigorous turn in his chair.†
Chpt 3.3 *vigorous = with strength or energy
- His soft, round, rather snub-nosed face was of a sickly yellowish colour, but had a vigorous and rather ironical expression.†
Chpt 3.5
- I will track him out!" cried Razumihin, vigorously.†
Chpt 4.3vigorously = in a strong or energetic manner
- But coming back to the sense of his present position, he turned aside and spat vigorously, which excited a sarcastic smile in Andrey Semyonovitch Lebeziatnikov, the young friend with whom he was staying.†
Chpt 5.1
- As to Sofya Semyonovna personally, I regard her action as a vigorous protest against the organisation of society, and I respect her deeply for it; I rejoice indeed when I look at her!†
Chpt 5.1vigorous = with strength or energy
- Raskolnikov had been a vigorous and active champion of Sonia against Luzhin, although he had such a load of horror and anguish in his own heart.†
Chpt 5.4
- So when he cried as he left Katerina Ivanovna's, "Well, Sofya Semyonovna, we shall see what you'll say now!" he was still superficially excited, still vigorous and defiant from his triumph over Luzhin.†
Chpt 5.4
Definition:
strength, energy, or good health