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Weak: The committee made a decision to postpone the launch. Stronger: The committee postponed the launch.
8 Strong Verbs Examples
Use these examples to study structure, specificity, tone, and variation. They are demonstrations—not claims about a real person or organization unless the example itself makes that explicit.
Before you copy
What to notice in the examples
A stronger verb improves accuracy first and vividness second. The best replacement names the real action—such as analyze, negotiate, stagger, whisper, or deteriorate—without exaggerating what occurred.
- Find the sentence’s main action.
- Replace vague verb-noun combinations with a direct verb when possible.
- Choose a verb precise enough for the context.
- Keep ordinary verbs when they are already the clearest choice.
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Weak: We did an analysis of customer comments. Stronger: We analyzed customer comments.
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Weak: She walked slowly across the empty station. Stronger: She drifted across the empty station.
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Weak: The storm got worse overnight. Stronger: The storm intensified overnight.
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Weak: He said the answer very quietly. Stronger: He whispered the answer.
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Weak: The team made the process better. Stronger: The team simplified the process.
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Weak: Costs went down after the change. Stronger: Costs declined after the change.
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Weak: The report gives information about the failure. Stronger: The report explains the failure.
Keep the underlying decision or pattern, then replace the subject, evidence, relationship, constraints, and tone with details that belong to your situation. If your final line still works after swapping only one noun, it may be too close to the example.