How to Use strong in a Sentence

strong

1 of 2 adjective

• The builder added supports to make the walls stronger.
• The table should be strong enough to survive the trip.
• He's as strong as an ox.
• He'll return to work when he's feeling a little stronger.
• When radar comes from the side, the returns are stronger.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 23 May 2018
• The urge to flee before the taps are switched off is strong.
  — Aryn Baker, TIME.com, 8 Feb. 2018
• The strong winds appeared to peel off portions of the roof of the Sam's Club.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2022
• Fox said ad spending has been strong through the start of the year.
  — Suzanne Vranica, WSJ, 30 Apr. 2021
• Laird's strong running was a good sign for the ground game.
  — USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2017
• Both storms this month brought heavy rain and strong winds.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2021
• This will give the daffodils enough time to grow a strong root base.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 21 Oct. 2022
• The desire to be rid of the virus is strong as fatigue has set in.
  — Cameron Fields, cleveland, 1 Mar. 2021
• That’s a very strong statement to the Afghans this morning.
  — NBC News, 6 Nov. 2022
• Now the men full of strong drink have trodden in the fireplaces.
  — Longreads, 29 Aug. 2017
• His face was strong and blocky, his white hair thick and rough.
  — Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2021
• Once the birds are strong, take them half a mile away and release them.
  — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
• Thank you for being brave enough and strong enough to talk about it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2022
• So stop trying to go away from the things that make him the strongest.
  — Jamie Samuelsen, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2017
• But while her voice was strong, Tanya’s heart wasn’t in her day job.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2022
• Thursday looks strong enough to keep the company in the game.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 24 June 2021
• Forty percent of your body is a lot but Paul has a strong heart.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 23 Dec. 2019
• Ultimately, the mic here is strong enough to do the job.
  — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 21 Feb. 2022
• With a strong and steady breeze, the air temperature was in the teens.
  — Paul Eisenberg, chicagotribune.com, 18 Mar. 2022
• Lots of things are still going strong and the mail keeps pouring in.
  — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Sep. 2019
• This drives up demand for the dollar and keeps the dollar strong.
  — Kenneth Rapoza, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
• This is not good salesmanship, but the songs are strong.
  — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2022
• Our hearts and wallets will feel a strong urge to help others in need.
  — Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 1 Feb. 2021
• All Nathan wanted to do was to be strong enough to be rap onstage again.
  — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2021
• The strongest storms could have wind gusts strong enough to bring down trees and power lines.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 16 Apr. 2022
• So that the sisterhood is strong when a woman is in need.
  — Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2022

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strong

2 of 2 adverb

• Like the first and second sets, the Vikings came out strong early in the fourth.
  — Tim Schwartz, baltimoresun.com, 4 Nov. 2019
• Still the gold standard for the NFL—and still going strong at age 72.
  — Richard Deitsch, SI.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• James learned that the record company strong-armed the others to get rights to the song.
  — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 16 Nov. 2021
• It's been a challenge for NBA teams to finish off the road trip strong.
  — Clifton Brown, Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2018
• That one goal turned out to be enough for the win, as the Marriotts Ridge defense held strong the rest of the way.
  — Brent Kennedy, Howard County Times, 1 Sep. 2017
• That said, the two were able to get past the roadblocks and have been going strong ever since.
  — Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• The restaurant’s been going strong since 1994, the soup for at least three centuries.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 9 May 2018
• Ashley and Cara have been going strong for quite a while now.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 11 Dec. 2019
• The sophomore went up strong and was fouled by St. John’s Aaron Wheeler, sending him to the line.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 13 Jan. 2022
• Pike Road started off strong and looked to be in control early in the game.
  — al, 13 Nov. 2021
• Defense think tanks keep the ship of state on a somewhat even keel, even when the winds are blowing strong.
  — Robert Bateman, Esquire, 16 Jan. 2018
• Finish your workday strong, then kick back and relax in the evening.
  — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 7 Sep. 2021
• Colin Firth and his wife Livia Firth are staying strong in the midst of scandal.
  — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 23 Mar. 2018
• The Swishers are still going strong more than a decade later.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 Mar. 2021
• But that does not mean Trump is strong-arming him at every turn.
  — Jordan Fabian, Bloomberg.com, 6 Oct. 2020
• Woods is strong as an ox and won’t get thrown to the ground the way some of his nose tackle predecessors were.
  — Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2017
• Skynyrd reformed a decade later, and the band has been going strong ever since.
  — Mary Colurso, AL.com, 25 Jan. 2018
• Now, the job market is staying strong, despite clear signs of a downturn.
  — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 2 Aug. 2022
• Ben gives Darlene a run for her money in terms of being strong and standing up to her.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 16 Oct. 2019
• When Bucheister led her to her seat and announced her name, the audience—1,200 bird lovers strong—gave her a standing ovation.
  — Melissa Groo, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
• But while your legs and thighs are going strong, your arms are doing nothing much.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 6 Oct. 2017
• She’s been going strong since then – for six years in November.
  — Michelle Matthews | [e-mail], al, 16 Oct. 2019
• The peak of the storm will come overnight into Friday, with heavy rains bringing strong to damaging winds.
  — Travis Andersen, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2022
• That isn’t a bad price for a company whose solo act is going strong.
  — Dan Gallagher, WSJ, 7 June 2018
• However, South Broward came out strong early in the second set, building a 19-12 lead and then holding on to even the match.
  — Tim Dwyer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 May 2018
• The best news: While Black Friday doesn’t arrive until Friday, the deals are going strong right now.
  — Jacob Krol, CNN Underscored, 25 Nov. 2020
• His love of running burns strong, as does a desire for redemption.
  — David Wharton, latimes.com, 21 June 2019
• The band has been going strong for nearly 60 years, a constant presence in stadiums around the world.
  — Washington Post, 3 July 2019
• The original red herrings were strong-smelling fish that the fox hunters of Old England dragged across the fox’s trail to confuse the hounds and give the quarry a sporting chance.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Oct. 2020
• Confidence: High Tonight: Clouds quickly clear away in the evening, but the blustery winds from the northwest keep going strong.
  — David Streit, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 9 May 2024