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
What inner strength does that take on one hand, and what desire does it take on the other hand?
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 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
This is a disabled man navigating a really difficult world for him and I think he’ll need that kind of inner strength burning inside him.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 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
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