inner strength

Example Sentences

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It was a hard emotional transition, but the experience gave me discipline and inner strength.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

There is tremendous stigma in seeking help, Pranom said, but she wants to pay it forward with gam-rang-jai — inner strength — to encourage others to reclaim their lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025

Like the author, Violet has a genetic condition that means the character dislocates joints and breaks bones easily - so must use her wits and inner strength to help her survive.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2025

He finds this inner strength he didn’t know existed to do things that are so unbelievable to him as a character.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

Despite my romantic deficiencies, I gradually adjusted to township life, and began to develop a sense of inner strength, a belief that I could do well outside the world in which I had grown up.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela