calisthenics
Example Sentences
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I believe reading books that challenge me is a great way to practice mental calisthenics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
From the opening calisthenics of “Training Season” and “Break My Heart,” Lipa ripped through a quiver of deep-house and neo-disco staples to fuel Pride parties for the rest of her life.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2025
Instead, reading is like mental calisthenics for film, priming the mind for flights of imagination and empathy.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024
The movie opens with him speed walking in a circle inside a spacious, elegantly shambolic apartment before pausing to execute some calisthenics.
From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2024
Running, climbing, and doing calisthenics were easy for me.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
