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
“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
For Ellis, it wasn’t so much good fortune as intestinal fortitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 20, 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
And he will never do a really good job of supporting her standards if, when the clutch comes, he is lacking in intestinal fortitude.
From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense
