Sample Sentences for
fortitude
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    This story is shared with the reader by a survivor, a man of extreme courage and fortitude.  (source)
    fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity
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    Our leaders are selected by their peers for their impeccable character, moral fortitude, and leadership skills.  (source)
    fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
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    We will have the Gifts of the Holy Ghost: Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, the Fear of the Lord.  (source)
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    To prove I still had the fortitude to perform?  (source)
    fortitude = strength that enables one to endure adversity with courage
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    "Then again," my mom said as the waiter left, "I doubt your father picked Heidi for her fortitude."  (source)
    fortitude = strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage
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    He admired the oxen persistence with which the last soldier in the column of thirty-nine marched, thinking that the boy represented so much good—fortitude, discipline, loyalty, self-control, courage, toughness.  (source)
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    Not that Simon was sure he'd have the fortitude to stop her.†  (source)
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    It was only that we could feel a deep and sincere difference between us and them, a difference which everyone struggled with awkward fortitude to bridge.†  (source)
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    For me, understanding my past and knowing that I wasn't doomed gave me the hope and fortitude to deal with the demons of my youth.†  (source)
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    They should have an exaggerated opinion of our moral fortitude, our aesthetic sensibilities, and our intellectual scope.†  (source)
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    He flicks his rubber band as his eyes scan my body, mentally critiquing my lack of physical fortitude.†  (source)
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    Perhaps it was a question of his mental fortitude: she too saw the anguish in his eyes and did not wish to tax him further, knowing that our surprise arrival here would be strain enough.†  (source)
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    And more than anything else, people have told me how my mother's example of fortitude and her refusal to let anything get in the way of her kids' success have given them the strength to do the same.†  (source)
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