intestinal fortitude

Example Sentences

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The next eight months will be a trial of everyone’s intestinal fortitude.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2024

Having the intestinal fortitude to fight on no matter the circumstances is what builds champions.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2023

“The message to other colleges is to have the intestinal fortitude to be the adult in the room,” Mr. Plakas said in an interview after the jury had awarded damages in June 2019.

From New York Times • Sep. 8, 2022

Whoever has the intestinal fortitude or the megalomaniac instincts sufficient to lead any kind of a revolution will inevitably disappoint horribly.

From The Guardian • Jul. 18, 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 MacGregor, Morris J.