gumption
Example Sentences
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Bronner inherited his verbosity and gumption from his grandfather, Emanuel Bronner, who originally crammed all-caps, feel-good credos onto the labels of his soap bottles in the 1940s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 9, 2026
That takes creativity, intelligence and gumption, and I’m sure your grandfather has those in spades.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 24, 2026
I’ve always been a firm believer in faking it until you make it to such an extreme degree that your gumption becomes undeniable.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2025
Shelley is overeager and desperate; he just lacks Jimmy’s/Saul’s imagination and gumption.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2025
I couldn’t believe the cap’n had the gumption to set there looking like he didn’t have no idea what the man was trying to say.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
Vocabulary lists containing gumption
Beowulf
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The Glass Castle
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