Synonym: athletic, brawny, durable, firm, hardy, muscular, powerful, robust, rugged, solid, sound, stable, strong, substantial, vigorous, frail. Similar words: sturdily, gesture, posture, disturb, moisture, disturbing, disturbance, jeopardy. Meaning: ['stɜrdɪ /'stɜː-] adj. 1. having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships 2. not making concessions 3. substantially made or constructed.
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31. The flag of each regiment was proudly carried in front by its sturdy standard-bearer.
32. Out on the trails I find it serviceable, sturdy, reliable.
33. They have a link that all three share in Bristol's sturdy stylistic isolationism.
34. We have seen shallow, shortlived economic recoveries, sturdy, eight-year booms, temporary slowdowns, and deep depressions.
35. Why on the sturdy stem of farmers and merchants should one girl blossom into a story-teller in pencil and in words?
36. Living conditions in the countryside had never approached the Arcadian well-being implied in romantic notions of sturdy peasants following the plough.
37. But he pushed the shot directly into a grove of sturdy trees from which he would have done well to make bogey.
38. Upon those sturdy, well-defined bones the clear, even tint seemed translucent.
39. The sturdy frame has a special protection to make it waterproof and the cushions are covered in a charming songbird design fabric.
40. The abbeys and bishoprics established there by distant Rome laid sturdy foundations.
41. This was a panel showing a sturdy bald monk leering at a geisha.
42. He stared at Mrs McCue's feet, securely encased in bootee slippers with sturdy zips.
43. From the very beginning its policy was to produce good, sturdy cookers which offered excellent value for money.
44. They were sturdy and wooden; quite beautiful in their uncluttered, utilitarian lines.
45. The knife in Dennis's paw was sharp and serrated, with a sturdy wooden handle.
46. He was tall, he stooped, he wore a pale blue anorak and sturdy brown shoes.
47. Obviously a brush and comb are essential, and these should both be of a fairly strong, sturdy design.
47. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and make good sentences.
48. The boy had grown sturdy and handsome, his green eyes and dark hair so reminiscent of his father.
49. Maria was small and sturdy, with dark hair and dark eyes.
50. Made from lightweight plastic it's ideal for camping or fishing but not really sturdy enough for caving.
51. Mrs Harding herself was thin and frail but her son was a sturdy sixteen-year- old.
52. All he could produce was a stiff upper lip, while young Lady C cast meaningful looks at sturdy gamekeeper Mellors.
53. Wearing a sturdy, water-sealed pair of hiking or Nordic ski boots can be the difference between cozy toes and numbed digits.
54. It's a long way from the sturdy frames the technicians normally handle.
55. Joan wrapped the sturdy cloak more closely around herself, concealing all but the lower part of her face.
56. In some spots, villagers were building cinder-block houses, a sturdy if ugly improvement over their flimsy bamboo shacks.
57. Clumps of sturdy weed grew wherever they could take a firm hold.
58. They were the sturdy facade, the ulterior design for a very canny flow of resources.
59. Piano students work on nine sturdy spinets in the Sherman auditorium.
60. The Angharad, a sturdy fishing-boat with a fair-sized cabin, had weathered the storm safely, well out of harm's way.