as in vigor
active strength of body or mind
I don't have the gusto to go on a strenuous hike right now
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Recent Examples of gusto
That gusto includes Ernest Campbell, all 5-foot-7 and 145 pounds of him.
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Carpenter slid across the floor with gusto, singing and shimmying her way through the set alongside queens Symone, Denali, Lexi Love and more.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Their gusto, confidence and can-do attitude show their desire to excel.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
But as people have returned to the skies with gusto in the aftermath of the pandemic, both airlines have improved their efforts to celebrate travelers who achieve million-miler status.
—Katherine Fan, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
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Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Carpenter slid across the floor with gusto, singing and shimmying her way through the set alongside queens Symone, Denali, Lexi Love and more.
—Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Sep. 2025
Their gusto, confidence and can-do attitude show their desire to excel.
—Lisa Stardust, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
But as people have returned to the skies with gusto in the aftermath of the pandemic, both airlines have improved their efforts to celebrate travelers who achieve million-miler status.
—Katherine Fan, AFAR Media, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gusto
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gusto
Noun
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Safdie shoots the table tennis sequences with breathtaking vigor, often capturing Chalamet dominating matches in long, single takes.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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Mulch may help rebuild topsoil and enhance water infiltration, potentially boosting plant vigor.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That same headbanging energy has defined her steady, albeit unconventional, political rise.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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These future tests could help uncover space-time fluctuations predicted by some quantum gravity models and shed light on the interplay between dark matter, vacuum energy, and gravitational fields.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Gusto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gusto. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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