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Rigour is an English word with synonyms like rigor or severity. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Rigour meaning

  1. Severity or strictness.
  2. Harshness, as of climate.
  3. A trembling or shivering response.

Synonyms of Rigour

Using Rigour

  • The main meaning on this page is: Severity or strictness. | Harshness, as of climate. | A trembling or shivering response.
  • Useful related words include: rigor, severity, severeness, rigorousness.
  • In the example corpus, rigour often appears in combinations such as: rigour and, the rigour, and rigour.

Context around Rigour

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Rigour

  • In this selection, "rigour" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, academic, lacks, scientific and mortis stand out and add context to how "rigour" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include act with rigour in the and admire his rigour when it. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "rigour" sits close to words such as absentees, accruing and aerosmith, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with rigour

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

One can only admire his rigour when it comes to settling scores. (12 words)

The feels like it’s still got a touch of rigour mortis about it. (14 words)

Within an environment of authentic differentiation, equal emphasis is placed upon mental and emotional balance and academic rigour. (18 words)

She said: “I have satisfied myself that the recruitment process last year for the new Chief Fire Officer was carried out with integrity and rigour and I am happy to follow the proper process and welcome Nikki Watson to her new role. (42 words)

She said suggesting there’s currently a lack of scientific rigour “has a huge impact in terms of the level of trust within the population” in health institutions that have built up trust, based on scientific evidence, over decades. (39 words)

There were times when his indication of tempi and dynamics in the Lindberg looked quite different from his familiar conducting style, but really it was exactly the same thing, with the rigour just a little more obvious. (37 words)

Since the trials are being allowed to continue and presuming the issue is not serious then it boils down to questions around need for more transparency and rigour in the review process? (32 words)

Example sentences (20)

Despite being a one-year programme, it maintains the same level of academic rigour and depth of learning as a traditional two-year MBA.

However, in my assessment — a case I have presented on multiple occasions — the assertion that President Tinubu erred in removing the petrol subsidy lacks rigour.

One can only admire his rigour when it comes to settling scores.

Within an environment of authentic differentiation, equal emphasis is placed upon mental and emotional balance and academic rigour.

Lord Hague added: "Violence and prejudice should be countered through the rigour of reason, not the comfort blanket of cancellation.

She said: “I have satisfied myself that the recruitment process last year for the new Chief Fire Officer was carried out with integrity and rigour and I am happy to follow the proper process and welcome Nikki Watson to her new role.

She said suggesting there’s currently a lack of scientific rigour “has a huge impact in terms of the level of trust within the population” in health institutions that have built up trust, based on scientific evidence, over decades.

Someone with the physical and mental rigour of “super athletes”, say scientists tasked with keeping the four astronauts-designate primed for Gaganyaan, India’s maiden human spaceflight mission.

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The feels like it’s still got a touch of rigour mortis about it.

The introduction of plantations in the New World during the late 17th century demanded labour in numbers and rigour that Europe could not supply, and they enslaved Africans to fill the gap.

There were times when his indication of tempi and dynamics in the Lindberg looked quite different from his familiar conducting style, but really it was exactly the same thing, with the rigour just a little more obvious.

According to Garcia, the mission of this police deployment is to ‘act with rigour in the face of behaviour that puts the population at risk’.

Black rubs up against white, conceptual rigour against listenability, LA against Ghana, where Sumney lived for a time; he’s now based in North Carolina.

But if we lose that rigour that the Australian community has embraced, particularly over Easter, it could all come undone.

He recruited and nurtured a staff of mainly young and vociferous journalists, many of whom carried his trademark rigour and integrity into the national news media.

He said that the troops have sustained the recent defeat exacted on the terrorists with more rigour in Damboa and Garkida towns of Borno and Adamawa States, respectively.

Potter offers possibilities rather than platitudes, and looks with both rigour and sympathy at the effects of living with illness, but also with regrets.

Since the trials are being allowed to continue and presuming the issue is not serious then it boils down to questions around need for more transparency and rigour in the review process?

Sumbe — The Provincial Governor of Cuanza Sul, Job Capapinha, Thursday called on public managers for rigour and greater attention to compliance with public procurement rules.

This means ministers must be across their material and have answers at hand, and cannot simply make a five-minute speech and be done with it; the added rigour should make for better ministers and better legislation.

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Common combinations with rigour

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "rigour" in a sentence?
An example: "Despite being a one-year programme, it maintains the same level of academic rigour and depth of learning as a traditional two-year MBA." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "rigour" from authentic English texts.
What does "rigour" mean?
Rigour means: Severity or strictness.
What are synonyms of "rigour"?
Common synonyms of "rigour" include: rigor, severity, severeness, rigorousness, rigourousness, difficulty, hardship, grimness. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "rigour" are there?
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