It was as though the dullness of the tasks, the strenuous but commonplace duties of his life could only be borne if they were dramatised.

Excluding women caused men to resent the women for getting out of strenuous duty and caused women to resent being left out.

The poor food, miserable pay, and strenuous duty were largely forgotten, though exposure to the rolling equipment brought back some of it with the instant memory that accompanied smells and feels from the past.

When not engaged upon strenuous duty, the officer's average daily consumption of alcohol is in the region of half a bottle of spirits of between sixty and seventy proof.

One group of soldiers was helping to direct the flow of traffic, a much less strenuous duty than the Americans had grown used to lately.

Ralphie IV will retain duties that require a relatively sedate and experienced bison while Ralphie V will take over the most physically strenuous duties.

Applicants must be able to perform physically strenuous duties safely.

Cook returned to the states for recuperation and less strenuous duty.

As a priest of the Chapel Royal, Barham was not troubled with strenuous duties and he had ample time to read and compose stories.

Aside from my girls' more . . . strenuous duties, they also keep their ears open.