vigourous

After one particularly 'vigourous' Carnival when I was 16, I was laid low for a few days, confined to the couch in our tv room, feeling extremely sorry for myself and nursing not only a bad cold, but also terribly sore muscles.

The Guardian World News 2010

But seriously, the idea of a driving test makes sense once you have experienced the 'vigourous' driving style of many Mexican bus and taxi drivers: -)

Drivers Licenses 2004

Barbadian diaspora blogger Doan Mind Me, on the other hand, seems unconcerned, writing a humourously quirky post - which he calls the “book of Pork-etry” - suggesting, with a vigourous nod to George Orwell's Animal Farm, that the swine of the world are somehow getting their comeuppance:

Global Voices in English » Caribbean: When Pigs Fly? 2009

Instead a carefully choreographed charade has been conducted under the heading of ‘line-by-line scrutiny’ accompanied by some vigourous whipping of backsliders who have had all manner of threats made to them.

Archive 2008-03-02 2008

Hopefully they will be caught with their pants down yet again and a new Tory Government will be able to direct a more vigourous and penetrating enquiry than has hitherto been the case with Labour.

Archive 2008-01-20 2008

When I cannot shake off tiredness after vigourous sports

Matte black phones top people’s desires 2010

When I cannot shake off tiredness after vigourous sports

Matte black phones top people’s desires 2010

It was interesting to note the vigourous nodding of heads at this.

Archive 2008-04-01 Jonathan 2008

Hopefully they will be caught with their pants down yet again and a new Tory Government will be able to direct a more vigourous and penetrating enquiry than has hitherto been the case with Labour.

Banana Republic News 2008

Instead a carefully choreographed charade has been conducted under the heading of ‘line-by-line scrutiny’ accompanied by some vigourous whipping of backsliders who have had all manner of threats made to them.

The Tories Must Get Off the Fence Too 2008