mental caliber

Example Sentences

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"Thank you, no," replied Cowperwood, pleasantly, estimating as he did so his host's temperament and mental caliber.

From The Titan by Dreiser, Theodore

Men of firmer mental caliber might have found refuge from such a situation as this in an absorbing intellectual pursuit.

From No Name by Collins, Wilkie

The reporter, therefore, must take into consideration their mental caliber and every possible motive they may have for acting or speaking as they do.

From News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories by Spencer, M. Lyle (Matthew Lyle)

It is this peculiar, indescribable something; this superior stamina and mental caliber, that makes the stuff that rises to the top in all vocations.

From Pushing to the Front by Marden, Orison Swett

I was always a careless boy, and with a mother of different mental caliber I should have probably turned out badly.

From Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades by Sanford, Chester Milton