Hale
adjective
Healthy and strong, especially for an old person.
Despite his age, he remains hale and hearty.
Often appears as...
- hale and hearty
- hale old man
verb
To pull or drag something or someone somewhere, often with great effort.
The police officers had to hale the criminal into the police car.
Often appears as...
- hale into place
- hale out of danger
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Healthy and strong, especially for an old person.
Despite his age, he remains hale and hearty.
Often appears as...
- hale and hearty
- hale old man
verb
To pull or drag something or someone somewhere, often with great effort.
The police officers had to hale the criminal into the police car.
Often appears as...
- hale into place
- hale out of danger
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Age Connotation
Often used to compliment elderly individuals, suggesting vigor despite age.
At 80 years old, my grandfather is still hale enough to go hiking.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Attribute
Describes someone as not just healthy, but also cheerful and lively.
Her hale demeanor at the family reunion was infectious.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Usage
Common in literature, it may not be widely used in casual conversation.
The novel described the protagonist as a hale sailor, weathered but energetic.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Connotation
Often used to compliment elderly individuals, suggesting vigor despite age.
At 80 years old, my grandfather is still hale enough to go hiking.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Attribute
Describes someone as not just healthy, but also cheerful and lively.
Her hale demeanor at the family reunion was infectious.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Usage
Common in literature, it may not be widely used in casual conversation.
The novel described the protagonist as a hale sailor, weathered but energetic.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Connotation
Often used to compliment elderly individuals, suggesting vigor despite age.
At 80 years old, my grandfather is still hale enough to go hiking.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Attribute
Describes someone as not just healthy, but also cheerful and lively.
Her hale demeanor at the family reunion was infectious.
Pro Tip 3/3Literary Usage
Common in literature, it may not be widely used in casual conversation.
The novel described the protagonist as a hale sailor, weathered but energetic.
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Video examples
Interview: Annie...
really strong hale picture so when he read that there'd been a devastating hailstorm in that area he just picked up the phone called the paper I was in the darkroom I answered the call and said yes sir I can go get a picture of that for you and that was the first picture I
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Simple hacks for life...
always ready, jumping around with us, having games for us, making us kids have the time of our lives. This man was extremely he was confident and powerful. But then I saw this hale and hearty person deteriorate in health.
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“What happened when we...
a word on the air. It can't quite be heard, but you know that it's there. As gentle as sunlight, as tenacious as hale, in its route to the heart, it could not but prevail.
Video examples
Interview: Annie...
really strong hale picture so when he read that there'd been a devastating hailstorm in that area he just picked up the phone called the paper I was in the darkroom I answered the call and said yes sir I can go get a picture of that for you and that was the first picture I
Video examples
Simple hacks for life...
always ready, jumping around with us, having games for us, making us kids have the time of our lives. This man was extremely he was confident and powerful. But then I saw this hale and hearty person deteriorate in health.
Video examples
“What happened when we...
a word on the air. It can't quite be heard, but you know that it's there. As gentle as sunlight, as tenacious as hale, in its route to the heart, it could not but prevail.
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Quote examples
Lindy Boggs
American Politician
Hale had answered when the President of the United States can't go to a city of the United States and be protected, we've come to a very difficult time in our nation's history, and encouraged him to come.
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Charles Tennyson Turner
English Poet
Not until he stood at the altar did he achieve a sense of being hale and furnished. It was strange, he thought, that a man would find his surest current in the spot where he felt least worthy.
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Edward Everett Hale
American Clergyman
Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.
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David Jason
English Actor
While I'm hale and hearty, I've no thought in my mind to retire.
Quote examples
Lindy Boggs
American Politician
Hale had answered when the President of the United States can't go to a city of the United States and be protected, we've come to a very difficult time in our nation's history, and encouraged him to come.
Quote examples
Charles Tennyson Turner
English Poet
Not until he stood at the altar did he achieve a sense of being hale and furnished. It was strange, he thought, that a man would find his surest current in the spot where he felt least worthy.
Quote examples
Edward Everett Hale
American Clergyman
Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale?' No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country.
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David Jason
English Actor
While I'm hale and hearty, I've no thought in my mind to retire.
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