‘This session started with an ego-strengthening metaphor, using the tree as a symbol of strength, power, hardiness and beauty.’
‘Select high-yielding varieties with good straw strength, winter hardiness, and resistance to the important diseases in your area.’
‘Their frugality, intense militarism and hardiness stood them in very good stead, as did their love of what contemporaries called liberty: freedom from foreign control.’
‘The British War Office prized this horse for war use because of its strength, endurance, hardiness, disposition, tractability and unflappability.’
‘The slender, silky coated canine is known for its hardiness, stamina, intelligence, and speed.’
robustness, healthiness, strength, toughness, vigour, ruggedness, sturdiness, resilience, stamina, good health