intestinal fortitude
Example Sentences
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“I think there are options, but it takes some diligence, it takes some intestinal fortitude, to step up and say hold on, we’re going to vet this well,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
The event became an easy punchline, and, as the Washington Post reported at the time, a test of "viewers' intestinal fortitude."
From Salon ● Jul. 10, 2021
“I didn’t expect him to have the intestinal fortitude to do that.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 6, 2020
A significant measure of intestinal fortitude is necessary to choose the former, and not everyone has the requisite amount.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 24, 2018
These persons who promulgate and enforce such policies either have not the understanding of the problem or they do not have the intestinal fortitude to do what they think if they do understand it.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by Morris J. MacGregor
