hale
Example Sentences
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He has gone to lengths to appear hale, skiing with a professional snowboarder and with an Olympic gold medalist who called him a “ripper” as they raced down the mountain.
From New York Times • May 8, 2024
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. 10, 2023
During passage through several thousand years it transformed into hail, hale, health, hallow, holy, whole, and heal, and all of these still move together through our minds.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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