sturdy
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Synonyms
cast-iron, hard, hard-bitten, hardened, hardy, inured, rugged, stout, strong, tough, toughened, vigorous
Antonyms
delicate, nonhardy, soft, tender, weak
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Inspectors make sure the base is level and its supports are sturdy. — William Langhorne, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Inspectors check state fair rides for safety starting 10 days before opening; here's how the process works," 1 Aug. 2019 In a 1968 letter Kenner mentions that Ezra Pound had designed a sturdy table consisting of a dozen pieces of lumber nailed together. — Michael Dirda, National Review, "The Exhilarating Letters of Guy Davenport and Hugh Kenner," 25 July 2019 Veterans Jimmy Smith and Brandon Carr remain viable, and Tavon Young is sturdy in the slot. — Andy Benoit, SI.com, "How Will Free-Agency Losses Impact Ravens’ Top Defense?," 15 July 2019 Ertz, Becky Sauerbrunn, Kelley O’Hara, Samantha Mewis and the goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher were indefatigable in their hustle and sturdy in their positioning and anticipation. — Jeré Longman, New York Times, "How Megan Rapinoe and the U.S. Beat France at the World Cup," 28 June 2019 Roadie has a sturdy aluminum handle for easy transport. — Kevin Guebert, Outside Online, "HTML Parsing with the DOMDocument," 20 June 2018 Family is the sturdy foundation for Edgar winner Lori Roy’s fifth outstanding standalone novel. — Oline Cogdill, sun-sentinel.com, "Book review: Klan in the family in Lori Roy’s ‘Gone Too Long’," 20 June 2019 The box that held the free books would have to be sturdy enough to get slammed by a rogue wave and a tribe of wild children racing across the sand. — Beth Thames | Bethmthames@gmail.com, al.com, "We need Little Free Libraries at the beach," 19 June 2019 Condensers are less sturdy but more sensitive and require less amplification—great for a home studio. — Kevin Dupzyk, Popular Mechanics, "How to Get Started in Podcasting," 29 June 2015These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sturdy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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