How to Use rigor in a Sentence

rigor

noun

• They underwent the rigors of military training.
• They conducted the experiments with scientific rigor.
• That kind of rigor tends to escape its initial host and start to spread.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2022
• More important will be the rigor of the area of study and the brand of the institution.
  — Isaac Cheifetz, Star Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
• The rigors of fasting have birthed a range of social customs.
  — Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2020
• Tayo is a stylist, too, but the rigors of his job tend to keep his own wardrobe easy-breezy.
  — Alex Frank, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2018
• The length and rigor of the training will be determined by plant owners.
  — Washington Post, 6 Feb. 2020
• One is more focused on academic rigor and one on the arts.
  — Nicole Gull McElroy, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2022
• Under the rigors of a live, hot war, these products break down.
  — Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
• How much of his late-season swoon was due to the physical rigors of the season?
  — Jeremy Woo, SI.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Or more simply, someone who might not be able to cope with the rigors of startup life.
  — Jenna Birch, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Apr. 2019
• The student work should provide the evidence of rigor in your classroom.
  — Kristina Rizga, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2020
• Placing her ideas on the turntables created a soundtrack of her range and rigor.
  — Lynnée Denise, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2021
• From that point, the quartet harnessed their frantic energy and shot straight through the rest of the set with rigor and bite.
  — Robert Ham, SPIN, 18 May 2022
• The (Wilder) study is showing teachers are still trying to grasp the depth and rigor of the standards.
  — Christopher Magan, Twin Cities, 10 Mar. 2017
• For many, the four years of academic rigor might have had a little something to do with that outcome.
  — Jack Fowler, National Review, 28 Apr. 2021
• The aesthetic rigor of this philosophy defined his work for the rest of his life.
  — Julia Couzens, sacbee, 26 Oct. 2017
• Some break down, but those who’ve made it to the Derby in fine form have held up to the rigors of the subsequent races.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 11 May 2018
• It’s hard to convince people of the care that is taken, of the anxiety, of the rigor that is applied.
  — Mattathias Schwartz, New York Times, 27 June 2018
• Some of that rigor is due to happen at the University of Utah.
  — Nate Carlisle, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
• More rigor and controls also mean the build servers must be always on and always available.
  — Danny Allan, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2022
• More minds are now open to the idea of psychedelics being added to the mental health toolkit, thanks to scientific rigor.
  — David E. Carpenter, Forbes, 8 June 2021
• But beneath the disarming froth there is rigor and structure.
  — Helen A. Cooper, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2021
• There is a sense of rigor and thematic richness in her direction.
  — Katie Walsh, idahostatesman, 29 June 2017
• But until now, no one knew whether these miniature satellites could withstand the rigors of deep space.
  — Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2018
• Plenty of kids struggle with the rigors at the start of first grade, an elementary school counselor told me this month.
  — Staff, cleveland.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• Under the rigors of a live, hot war, commercial products break down.
  — Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2023
• Our sixth episode focuses on balancing the rigors of a football season and school work.
  — Clark Wade, Indianapolis Star, 10 Oct. 2017
• But a few events this week have this column wondering if a resurgence of rigor might just be underway.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 4 May 2022
• Floyd’s flexible rigor over the long haul has produced a body of work with a distinctive power.
  — Johanna Fateman, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024