strenuosity

The work of the reformer inevitably degenerates into the mere strenuosity of the campaign,

The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years Elizabeth Atkins

Atween times we must rest, relax and recuperate the waste that strenuosity makes.

Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep William Crosbie Hunter

The strenuosity of the life, the nervous excitement alternating with ennui, the lack and improper times of sleep, the lack of rest and particularly of restful occupation, the not infrequent use of alcohol in injurious amounts, are all factors calculated to make a defect operative.

Disease and Its Causes William Thomas Councilman

A parley with a grumpy gateman, the presentation of his letter and he was admitted to the presence of the manager, a man exhausted with the strenuosity of night and day work.

The Voice on the Wire Eustace Hale Ball

The building is rather modern in appearance, suggesting comfort rather than strenuosity.

The New York and Albany Post Road From Kings Bridge to "The Ferry at Crawlier, over against Albany," Being an Account of a Jaunt on Foot Made at Sundry Convenient Times between May and November, Nineteen Hundred and Five Charles Gilbert Hine

Catholic morals therefore require faith in revealed truths, of which they are but deductions, logical conclusions; they presuppose, in their observance, the grace of God; and call for a certain strenuosity of life without which nothing meritorious can be effected.

Explanation of Catholic Morals A Concise, Reasoned, and Popular Exposition of Catholic Morals

That sparkling briskness -- the tang -- which is the best the temperate climate has to offer, gives the Native Son his high powered strenuosity.

The Native Son Inez Haynes Gillmore 1921

Such people, and those who care for them, must not make the mistake of thinking that rough handling, strenuosity, will cure what is apparently a fixed character.

The Foundations of Personality 1921

He put a curb on strenuosity; started to study the French temperament; he began to see why he had not succeeded.

The War After the War Isaac Frederick Marcosson 1918

Roosevelt had the same characteristic but he displayed it with much more animation and strenuosity.

An African Adventure Isaac Frederick Marcosson 1918