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

I was lucky to be hale and have access to free advice; my father and I got along best when I had a physical problem he could fix over the phone.

From Salon • Jun. 18, 2022

The man, hale and hearty and wearing sunglasses, was silent.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2022

If the gods were good, Lannister’s severed head was halfway back to King’s Landing by now, but more like the dwarf was hale and whole and somewhere close, stinking drunk and plot-ting some new infamy.

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