His generals and his colonels, among whom he himself remarked Fezenzac, strenuously seconded him; and the enemy, who expected to pursue, was obliged to retreat.
That general had been long and strenuously cried up for ability, although he had met with reverses, and his reputation was not undeserved.
Nay more, that decision had been concurred in by the very men who, while recognising the Papal primacy, strenuously defended against Papal despotism the rights of General Councils, and of the nations and states which they represented.
By the Catholic Estates at the Diet they werestrenuously opposed.
Even then he regarded as unfounded that idea of sacrifice at the mass which in his later writings he so strenuously denied and combated.
He maintained strenuously (what several Platonic dialogues call in question) that virtue both could be taught and must be taught: when once learnt, it was permanent, and could not be eradicated.
Mrs. Turner strenuously denied having pummelled her husband in the way stated, or in any other way; and eventually he was ordered to find sureties to keep the peace towards her and all the king's subjects.
It will hardly be suggested, then, that the natives had already adopted our Supreme Being, especially as Strachey says that the native priests strenuously opposed the Christian God.
He was uniformly polite in his manner, but still cold and distant with me; treating me with courtesy, but strenuously declining all intimacy.
The clergy had supervision over the members; and a peaceful and conciliatory behavior was strenuously insisted upon.
And it is indeed marvellous, considering the comparative inexperience of the representatives in political life, that they dared present so bold a front and insist so strenuously upon their rights.
Olaf demanded, as an indispensable condition, that Sigrid should be baptized, to which Sigrid strenuously objected.
His Majesty is strenuously making preparations and hopes to concert plans with Prussia and Austria.
In the meeting on 11th December he asserted that there was no fear of a revolt (in which he was doubtless correct) and that the calling out of the Militia was a mere trick, which he would strenuously oppose.
True, Addington always strenuously opposed him; and among the younger members of the Cabinet Castlereagh had declared his hostility; but at first all went well.
The little wretch hugs me so strenuously that I believe he is part anaconda.
It has been strenuously denied, as though it had been falsely asserted, that under the Gillmans' care Coleridge overcame the habit of taking laudanum in more or less unusual quantities.
This view, however, was strenuously denied by Berkeley and Hume, who have been followed in this by later empiricists.
This was strenuously denied by the empirical philosophers, who maintained that experience was as much the source of our knowledge of arithmetic as of our knowledge of geography.
Hence he believed a considerable national debt to be a good thing for the Federal national interest, and he insisted strenuously upon the assumption by the Federal government of the state war-debts.
Rockefeller could obtain special rates only because the railroads were in a position similar to his own, and were fighting strenuously for supremacy.
Though he was earning a living, and a right to self-respect, more strenuously than Starkey ever had, this fellow made him feel like a mendicant.
To Mr. Fouracres the result of the honour he so strenuouslyvindicated was serious indeed.
This call, however, hestrenuously and successfully resisted, and was permitted to remain at Wemyss.
Again Essex was vehemently disposed to steer at once for that station, in order to grasp so tempting a prize; again he was strenuously supported by the Dutch admiral and Yere, and again Lord Howard peremptorily interdicted the plan.
Mercer considers that it contained an altercation between a married couple, in which the lady strenuously refuses to submit to the lawful authority of her husband.
I could have been sagacious and obscure on many occasions, with very little difficulty; but I strenuously combated every inclination to find out more than my author meant.
Socialist leaders strenuously oppose "for scientific reasons" the creation of peasant proprietors.
They are strenuously exerting themselves to bring about that result, and so far their exertions have been by no means unsuccessful.
We know that no one fought more strenuously against the ten-hour day than Mr. John Bright.
Aunt" have in her time been as strenuously insisted upon as ever they were at the Finchings'.
Yet those who have most strenuously insisted on this proposition have hardly gone beyond the realm of the passive imagination; they have clung to facts of pure reproduction.
He exerted himself strenuously and successfully in the establishment of public schools and in the interest of popular education.
In Hungary, too, Romanizing was being strenuouslycarried on.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "strenuously" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
