inner strength

Example Sentences

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Tuchel's inclusion of Manchester United's Maguire is reward for the 33-year-old defender who has shown superb character and inner strength to emerge from a spell when he was a figure of mockery for some opposition fans - and indeed England supporters - when his Old Trafford career looked over.

From BBC

“We saw Hannah really late in the process and we instantly knew. She is such a subtle actor. She’s able to play shyness without seeming weak and you sense she has an inner strength that’s waiting to blossom, which was really necessary for a character who starts out in Season 3 as quite shy and reserved. But from this season and beyond, she’s a character who goes through quite a bit and is going to have a fierceness to her to survive it.”

From Los Angeles Times

I think Jay has this sort of inner strength and principled view of what his duty is, what his mandate is, and who he is accountable to: the American people and through the representatives and the senators.

From The Wall Street Journal

Maybe she’s going to drop me somewhere, and it’ll be up to me to get back to the Ranch on my own: no supplies, no food, only my wits and my inner strength.

From Literature

“It was extraordinary to watch his inner strength,” Sokol said of his son in the Horatio Alger biography.

From The Wall Street Journal