He notes how the film tries so strenuously to be cool and describes the film as nothing more than "style for its own sake".

Iris wiggled and tried to get away, but didn't try too strenuously.

It never tries to mean more than it says - in fact, tries strenuously not to.

But Mr. Cuomo tried strenuously today to diminish the high expectations set by such polls.

I strenuously tried to pull my gun.

But no one has more strenuously tried to emulate the 40th president in both style and substance than George W. Bush.

I tried strenuously to believe so as I typed an email to my bank explaining things.

It was a matter that the campaign tried strenuously to deny.

It was something he had been trying strenuously to avoid all night.

We do, though, regret that the two commitments have overlapped, it is something that we strenuously tried to avoid, but without success.