All 10 Uses of
vigor
in
The Lords of Discipline
- "Yes, sir," Alexander answered forcefully, with Braselton nodding his vigorous assent.†
Chpt 1.5vigorous = with strength or energy
- The black, grisly humor of the barracks even viewed the death of heroes with a gruff and vigorous irreverence.†
Chpt 1.10
- We could do pushups all night long and there was a healthy, vigorous glow to our group, an essential vitality as we prepared ourselves for the fracas.†
Chpt 2.21
- She would wave vigorously to the freighters coming to Charleston to unload their cargo; she would ignore the ships embarking from the city as though she could not understand why anyone or anything would want to leave a place so perfect and desirable.†
Chpt 3.23vigorously = in a strong or energetic manner
- Annie Kate did not wave to ships that abandoned her city, but I waved vigorously and with a genuine sense of loss.†
Chpt 3.23
- As we approached the house we could smell oak burning in the fireplace and caught an unobstructed view of Annie Kate's mother rocking vigorously in front of the fire.†
Chpt 3.29
- Looking up, I saw Annie Kate at the top of the stairs, dressed in her bathrobe and slippers and clapping vigorously for my performance.†
Chpt 3.29
- Those were magic times in Charleston; the days were cold and short, the city awoke to ice, and I arose each morning at the first bugle, refreshed and eager and golden in the darkness of 6:15 in the morning, vigorous and ready for the gifts the day would bring.†
Chpt 3.30vigorous = with strength or energy
- I would rub them until they felt warm and they glowed in my hands with health and blood and vigor.†
Chpt 4.31 *
- I've never heard of that group, Will," he said, polishing his brass with renewed vigor.†
Chpt 4.39
Definition:
strength, energy, or good health