How to Use intensive in a Sentence

intensive

1 of 2 adjective
Definition of intensivenext
Synonyms for intensivenext
  • She is taking an intensive course in business writing.
  • Maintaining the house's gardens requires intensive effort.
  • The days are intensive: at least 12 hours a day, six days a week.
    — Kate Brady, Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2023
  • No expense was spared in the intensive renovation of the main house.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The rear features a much more intensive glow-up, with new taillights that look far more modern.
    — Andrew Krok, Car and Driver, 18 May 2023
  • The state helped launch four intensive psychiatric step-down programs, the first of their kind for foster youth in Texas.
    — Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The prep is a bit more intensive than some of our other recipes, so be prepared to be on your feet until this one is on the table.
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 4 Sep. 2023
  • The strikes were the most intensive use of air power in the occupied territory in about two decades.
    — Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 4 July 2023
  • Keep in mind the ball's exterior is made of cotton, and the seams may come loose with intensive, frequent use.
    — Mary K. Tatum, Ms, Verywell Health, 5 July 2023
  • At that point, doctors must clear the patient’s marrow with intensive chemotherapy to make way for the new cells.
    — Gina Kolata, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2023
  • An intensive search ensued until two days later, Russell turned up at her home and knocked on the door.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 20 July 2023
  • When taking steps to keep your home clean, mopping the floor is a crucial, though somewhat labor intensive, step.
    — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Listing out the expectations and summary of the role is one of the more time-intensive parts of writing a job description.
    — Yec, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • About eight years of intensive research and writing later, the memoir had grown enormously in scope, telling both his story and that of the overall role of the 100th Bomber Group.
    — Phil Kloer, ajc, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Following phase one, a jury will assess submissions and choose four writers to move on to phase two of the intensive.
    — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Prep Work This step is more important—and time intensive—than the actual painting.
    — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 18 May 2023
  • From short classes to intensive five-day basic license courses, youngsters can get their feet wet, or dive right in.
    — Devorah Lev-Tov, Robb Report, 25 June 2023
  • In it, a group that has carried out perhaps the most intensive search yet offers new evidence that the ivorybill still lives in the Louisiana woods.
    — Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 July 2023
  • The process involved extreme drying of the rPET to remove moisture—an energy intensive step.
    — WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
  • White House aides say the pledge helps balance the promise of artificial technology against the risks, and is the result of months of intensive behind-the-scenes lobbying.
    — Time, 21 July 2023
  • Despite the unforgiving landscape, this area has been the subject of an intensive restoration process for nearly three decades.
    — Andrew Morgan, WSJ, 28 June 2023
  • The tests are labor-intensive, resource-intensive or both.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • He was transported to UAB for intensive burn care and fluid replacement.
    — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 15 May 2023
  • More intensive laser treatments, like CO2 lasers, are usually one-and-done, while more mild ones may require repeat visits.
    — Claire Bugos, Verywell Health, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Shelly Fuller, who directs the program, says managing vape waste has gotten more costly and labor intensive with the shift to disposables.
    — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Schools that want more intensive help can send their teachers to a summer training session on Hillsdale’s campus and consult with college staff.
    — Emma Green, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • While most passively cooled Android phones would quickly throttle in a graphics-intensive game, this was one of the rare phones with what looked like sustainable cooling.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2023
  • For Barrak-Barber, a two-week intensive, which cost $2,500 not including lodging and travel costs to Germany.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The intensive process has an impact on both nature and people, with dangerousworking conditions and practices that damage ecosystems.
    — Ana De Oliva, CNN, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Christopher Herrick, the state fish and wildlife commissioner, challenged that assertion, describing an intensive process of public engagement used by the board to solicit and consider input.
    — Jenna Russell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2024
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intensive

2 of 2 noun
  • Lynx said many of the students who come for the monthslong intensives (another option) are divorced, or on their way to it.
    — Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
  • These intensives are modern-day miniatures of the old C.M.S. experience.
    — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 26 June 2017
  • Some students compete nearly every weekend during the season, which runs approximately September to July, and train at intensives and classes during the rest of the year.
    — Lizzie Feidelson, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
  • So Hong Kong has become a central hub for short-term theological intensives, distance Bible seminaries and networking conventions.
    — Time, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The non-profit holds annual summer intensives in each country, during which notable songwriters and producers teach collaborative songwriting, music production and music business in an effort to foster local talent.
    — Chris Eggertsen, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Lynx said many of the students who come for the monthslong intensives (another option) are divorced, or on their way to it.
    — Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
  • These intensives are modern-day miniatures of the old C.M.S. experience.
    — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 26 June 2017
  • Some students compete nearly every weekend during the season, which runs approximately September to July, and train at intensives and classes during the rest of the year.
    — Lizzie Feidelson, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
  • So Hong Kong has become a central hub for short-term theological intensives, distance Bible seminaries and networking conventions.
    — Time, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The non-profit holds annual summer intensives in each country, during which notable songwriters and producers teach collaborative songwriting, music production and music business in an effort to foster local talent.
    — Chris Eggertsen, Billboard, 23 Aug. 2019

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