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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Premature removal of the plant foliage reduces plant vigor and bulb size.
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025
Habba emerged as one of Trump’s fiercest media surrogates while one of his personal attorneys, defending the then-former president with vigor both in the courtroom and on TV.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
Antitrust, properly applied, promotes competition on the merits, fostering strong rivalries and competitive vigor at home.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The fan who caught Flores’ home run ball threw it back on the field with such vigor that the ball ended up in the infield, rolling past Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
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Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2025
Habba emerged as one of Trump’s fiercest media surrogates while one of his personal attorneys, defending the then-former president with vigor both in the courtroom and on TV.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 24 Mar. 2025
Antitrust, properly applied, promotes competition on the merits, fostering strong rivalries and competitive vigor at home.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
The fan who caught Flores’ home run ball threw it back on the field with such vigor that the ball ended up in the infield, rolling past Cincinnati’s Elly De La Cruz.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Vigor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vigor. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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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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