vigour

• Those young Asiatic Christians, that John had in his eye, had learned the secret and the conditions of this strength; and not only in limb and sinew, or in springy and elastic buoyancy of youthful, mental, and spiritual vigour were they strong, but they were so because 'the Word of God abode in them.' —  Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John
• The discipline of the school was in a most impaired state; the evening work grew more and more disorderly; few of the monitors did their duty with any vigour, and the big idle fellows in the fifth set the example of insolence towards them and rudeness to the masters. —  St. Winifred's, or The World of School
• The rider and horse were one, in vigour and in the repose which comes of vigour--a something classic in the natural beauty and sympathy of rider and of horse. —  The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• Where Mr. ROOSEVELT blames he blames with a vigour which is overwhelming; where he approves he approves with a resonant zeal and enjoyment. —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, April 12, 1916
• He kicked the snow aside with vigour, and jumped on the street car as if he were a boy. —  The Music Master Novelized from the Play

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