hale

Example Sentences

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During the 1918–19 flu pandemic, however, doctors and other observers noted a high death toll among young, presumably hale adults.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 9, 2023

Gaining any new clarity about surging reports of unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAP, will take time, better data gathering and diagnostic tools and, perhaps most importantly, a hale and hearty dose of nit-picking scientific scrutiny.

From Scientific American • Jun. 9, 2023

Logan is hale and full of bluster in his limo on the way to his flight, giving no hint as to what’s coming.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2023

You’ll like Tacoma Where rail meets sail, Where all are prosperous, Hearty and hale, Down on Commencement Bay, A New York’s growing, day by day, Tacoma, the peer of all.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2022

By contrast the northmen seemed hale and healthy, big ruddy men with beards as thick as bushes, clad in fur and iron.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin