How to Use rigorous in a Sentence

rigorous

adjective
  • We subjected the data to a rigorous analysis.
  • To become a B Corp, Wildling had to go through a rigorous process.
    — Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2023
  • All of the actors were game for the rigorous training, which stretched across five months.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2022
  • As for the North Loop, the next step would be further discussion and rigorous study.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 17 Mar. 2025
  • Customers need to be rigorous in the sales inquiry process.
    — John Hayes, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2022
  • This should prompt you to hold off on any rigorous workouts until the cause of the pain is determined.
    — Maggie O'Neill, Health, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The hiring process is rigorous and can typically last over a year due to the depth of the background check.
    — Bydonald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Others have forged close bonds during the rigorous training that makes the 16-week 68W combat medic course one of the toughest in the Army.
    — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021
  • But Aja’s access to rigorous academics came at a price.
    — TIME, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Piccioli, who grew up in a coastal town, was able to bring a relaxed air to the rigorous discipline.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Biking is smooth and the frame is sturdy, heavy and durable enough to handle rigorous cycling.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Yet activists have been rigorous in their campaigns for change on social media and on the ground.
    — Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • The rigorous program was designed to bring entrepreneurship into the lives of the inmates.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2024
  • In the most rigorous trials, neither the subject nor the researcher knows what any person gets until the end of the trial.
    — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 19 Oct. 2022
  • This cooling pillow went through a rigorous testing process over the course of 1.5 years to perfect the product.
    — Mike Richard, Men's Health, 5 Jan. 2023
  • But because there hasn’t been rigorous—or in some cases any—testing, there’s no way to tell.
    — Time, 20 Jan. 2023
  • London has such high rates of EV owners driving for Uber because of the city’s rigorous clear-air laws.
    — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 8 June 2023
  • Two decades of rigorous research built the business case for DEI efforts.
    — Anu Gupta, Harvard Business Review, 24 Oct. 2024
  • That’s the cost of such rigorous theming: Since you’re supposed to be inside a game, anything that gets in the way of that illusion is banned.
    — Todd Anderson, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
  • The process is far more rigorous than for any other mode of public transportation.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 15 Apr. 2023
  • And the Bruins played a rigorous out-of-state schedule to prepare for another run.
    — Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Both are rigorous yet accessible, and both may leave you hungry to see the artist in concert.
    — New York Times, 17 Mar. 2022
  • At 73, the '80s icon is as fit as ever thanks to a combination of his rigorous workout routine and a healthy diet (plus he's got the abs to prove it).
    — Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 3 Aug. 2023
  • But larger studies on ivermectin were underway at the time, and those promised to be more rigorous.
    — New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Taking the microphone after Harris, Walz revved up the crowd for the rigorous campaign to come.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Caruso’s efficiency is built off rigorous study of opponents, both on the court and in the film room.
    — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2021
  • Some of the most rigorous training is reserved for the most difficult of cases — those calling for the death penalty.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 7 May 2022
  • The study — the most rigorous test to date of a technology 30 years in the making — had technically failed, as so many had before it.
    — Ed Silverman, STAT, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The novel is light on its feet, very funny, and admirably committed to rendering its characters, Jhanvi included, with a rigorous blend of sympathy and acid honesty.
    — Peter C. Baker, New Yorker, 11 May 2025
  • Every article is based on rigorous reporting by our team of expert writers and editors with extensive knowledge of small business products.
    — Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 7 May 2025

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