1
: active bodily or mental strength or force
2
: active healthy well-balanced growth especially of plants
3
: intensity of action or effect : force
4
: effective legal status
Examples of vigor in a Sentence
She defended her beliefs with great vigor.
she was picked to lead the volunteer group because of her vigor and enthusiasm
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All of Tarantino's movies contain nods of varying vigor to the other films in his oeuvre, but The Hateful Eight resembles none so much as Reservoir Dogs, with its cast of shifty characters trapped in one location (a cast that includes former Dogs Tim Roth and Michael Madsen).
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Keith Staskiewicz, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
The soundtrack matches the shifting moods with songs from another era, including lovely tunes from Lou Reed and Peter Gabriel, that give it more vigor.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
In smaller venues, power-chord rockers including Joan Jett and Heart roared with undiminished vigor.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
Like a plant that breaks through the imperviousness of brick, its roots prowling the dark, the vigor of its leaves imposing a new landscape, this story reaches for the sun.
—Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
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Keith Staskiewicz, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Dec. 2025
The soundtrack matches the shifting moods with songs from another era, including lovely tunes from Lou Reed and Peter Gabriel, that give it more vigor.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025
In smaller venues, power-chord rockers including Joan Jett and Heart roared with undiminished vigor.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 21 Dec. 2025
Like a plant that breaks through the imperviousness of brick, its roots prowling the dark, the vigor of its leaves imposing a new landscape, this story reaches for the sun.
—Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for vigor
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“Vigor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vigor. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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vigor
noun
vig·or
ˈvig-ər 
1
: active strength or energy of body or mind
2
: active strength or force
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