intestinal fortitude

Example Sentences

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For Ellis, it wasn’t so much good fortune as intestinal fortitude.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2022

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

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

Or maybe they only manage to find their lost intestinal fortitude when the president is out of town.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 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.