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Definition

strength and energy over time

Stamina can also be used to indicate the plural of stamen (the male reproductive organ of a flower)

He's got the stamina to take anything.
Alfred Bester -- The Demolished Man

Elsewhere I have more stamina for these things, these acts of self-exposure; I could brazen them out.
Margaret Atwood -- Cat's Eye
Gogol knows now that his parents had lived their lives in America in spite of what was missing, with a stamina he fears he does not possess himself.
Jhumpa Lahiri -- The Namesake
I had several physically difficult solos in this ballet, and they required enormous stamina.
Li Cunxin -- Mao's Last Dancer
"I mean, you've got some pretty impressive stamina going for you."
Nora Roberts -- Blood Brothers
Physical stamina is a component in leadership, even in the modern world, where it isn't necessary to be able to harness an ox.
Holly Goldberg Sloan -- Counting by 7s
How many vampires do you think have the stamina for immortality?
Anne Rice -- Interview with the Vampire
Cooper ran for hours at this pace, exhibiting almost limitless stamina, before something went wrong.
Henry H. Neff -- The Fiend And The Forge
I must say it took stamina; but I was a younger man then.
Margaret Atwood -- Alias Grace
And yet I will, so far as I have power in arms and legs, and stamina.
Homer -- The Iliad
To build beyond myself, I must first tap all inner resources of stamina, of courage, of resolution within myself.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe
Over the course of the sort, I watch for pacing and patterns and I watch for stamina.
Ally Condie -- Matched
Being away from the fighting had weakened my stamina.
Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels
Although the assassin's right arm was effectively immobilized, in sheer stamina Bourne knew he was no match for the younger, stronger man.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
"You certainly have a lot of stamina," she said.
Sarah J. Maas -- Throne of Glass
I needed to be sure of his temperament as much as his stamina.
Patrick Rothfuss -- The Name of the Wind
In all, it required the stamina of a god to bear the entire seven days of pleasure.
Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
There weren't many white horses in the bucking strings, maybe because they weren't supposed to have the fight, the stamina.
Hal Borland -- When the Legends Die
With age there comes a paucity of stamina.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
Your strength and stamina against mine.
Richard Connell -- The Most Dangerous Game

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