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How to use arduous in a sentence

17 example sentences · adjective

Arduous means needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance. Example: “The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.”

Examples of arduous by meaning

adjectiveNeeding or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.

  • The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.
  • The slave-labour camps proliferated and became an important factor in the state economy, especially in regions where conditions were most arduous, as in the mines and forests of Siberia.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon...
  • Chelsea survived and can now turn their attentions to the Champions League final against Bayern Munich in Germany later this month as they face an increasingly arduous task to finish in the Premier League's top four.2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

adjectiveDifficult or exhausting to traverse.

  • Beyond the river, an arduous slope rises 3286 feet in 13 miles.1974, Sue Bowder, The American biking atlas & touring guide, page 77
  • Mike looked up from the arduous mountain trail.1999, Scott Ciencin, Mike Fredericks, Dinoverse
  • Survivor reaches as many as 28 million viewers who watch contestants win a new Pontiac or guzzle Mountain Dew after scaling an arduous cliff.2006, Jack W. Plunkett, Plunkett's Entertainment & Media Industry Almanac 2006

More sentences with arduous

  • Sailing around the Horn was an arduous journey for sailing ships.From the entry horn
  • After a long, arduous trek, we were overjoyed to catch sight of our destination at last.From the entry overjoyed
  • Great-heartedness leads us to undertake great and arduous works in every kind of Virtue without taking fright at their magnitude.2012, Gerald Vann, The Divine Pity, →ISBN, page 118. From the entry great-heartedness
  • The work is unrewarding and arduous but nevertheless of prime importance to the maintenance of an open line.1960 January, M. Harbottle, “Maintaining Services after Heavy Snowfalls”, in Railway Magazine, page 11. From the entry unrewarding
  • Faith should be a matter of arduous struggle and self-doubt, but the partygoer wants the experience to be easy, immediate and elevating.2014, Tamar Aylat-Yaguri, Jon Stewart, The Authenticity of Faith in Kierkegaard's Philosophy, →ISBN, page vii. From the entry partygoer
  • They stopped long enough to put on warmer jackets and continued the arduous climb, hoping to find a sheltered spot for the darkfall.2005, Kathy Williams, Of Wizards and Stones, page 54. From the entry darkfall
  • Accustomed to more arduous tasks, the Montubios dance without the wild display seen in the salsatheques, with their heads held high, some without shoes.1988, Pablo Cuvi, In the Eyes of My People: Stories and Photos of Journeys through Ecuador, Dinediciones, →ISBN, page 172. From the entry salsatheque
  • While we might have a tendency to romanticize the past, the reality is that cooking was often a monotonous, arduous, thankless task required to keep the family fed.2016, Jayson Lusk, Unnaturally Delicious, →ISBN, page 47. From the entry romanticize
  • Such souls can with assistance rise to better things, but it is a very arduous task and for the most part they remain rejoicers in evil.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 276. From the entry for the most part
  • It was quite dark when, after an arduous climb, the sheriff made his tortuous way through the chaparral to the point where Anthony Garland should be stationed.1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart. From the entry chaparral
  • In “Fellowship,” Frodo, Gandalf and assorted Middle-earthers begin an arduous and dangerous journey through enemy territory to destroy the ring by returning it to the fires where it was forged.2001 December 20, Duane Dudek, “‘Rings’ echoes today’s clash of good and evil”, in Press Enterprise, page 24, column 2. From the entry Middle-earther

Meaning of arduous

  1. adjective Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.
  2. adjective Burning; ardent.
  3. adjective Difficult or exhausting to traverse.

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Questions about arduous in a sentence

How do you use arduous in a sentence?
Arduous is used as an adjective. For example: “The movement towards a peaceful settlement has been a long and arduous political struggle.”
What is a short sentence with arduous?
“Mike looked up from the arduous mountain trail.”
What does arduous mean?
Arduous means needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance.

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