Vigorously

Examples

• Warren was ordered to attack him vigorously in flank, while Wright was directed to move out and get on his front. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Sikes, invoking terrific imprecations upon Fagin's head for sending Oliver on such an errand, plied the crowbar vigorously, but with little noise. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• And they began to interfere more vigorously with Indian customs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• I know I am; but while the iron is hot, I can strike it vigorously too. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• If you want to convince yourself that friction produces heat, rub a cent vigorously against your coat and note that the cent becomes warm. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• These he attacked vigorously and disposed of patiently one by one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Franklin's idea of pouring oil on the troubled waters has been revived during the last quarter of the century and various means for doing it vigorously patented. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• No wonder that, as soon as the land was enclosed, it became thickly clothed with vigorously growing young firs. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• He fulfilled it so vigorously that ere long he came to a decisive rupture with his old Tory friend the rector. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He was vigorously pursued, and was overtaken at Cassville on the 19th, but during the ensuing night retreated across the Etowah. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He had stayed on, however, vigorously, day after daytill this very morning's post had conveyed the history of Jane Fairfax. Jane Austen. Emma.
• She did most heartily grieve over the idleness of her childhoodand sat down and practised vigorously an hour and a half. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Dobbin, who was thus vigorously besieged, was in the meanwhile in a state of the most odious tranquillity. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• And it was an empire still vigorously expanding. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Holmes stooped to the water-jug, moistened his sponge, and then rubbed it twice vigorously across and down the prisoner's face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• They went to work, and Fred helped vigorously. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Preparations of this nature when used externally should be applied plentifully and vigorously. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• She nodded her head vigorously. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Blanch the bitter almonds and bruise them in a Wedgwood mortar, adding thereto the glycerine and using the pestle vigorously; a smooth paste is thus obtained. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• My nerves were firmly strung, and I felt all the strength of my resolution stirring in me vigorously from head to foot. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I sent two of my staff officers to impress upon him the importance of pushing forward vigorously. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• This fusing of one god with another is called _theocrasia_, and nowhere was it more vigorously going on than in Alexandria. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In fact, it was a question very vigorously disputed what part the internal or volcanic fire played in the formation and m odification of rock masses. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• And now, having outlined a definite path, Edison was all afire to push ahead vigorously in order that he might enter in and possess the land. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Here is a mine of truth, which, however vigorously it may be worked, is likely to outlast our coal. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

Typist: Wolfgang