resourcefulness
Example Sentences
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“This all goes back to the resourcefulness that I learned when I was young,” Caballero says.
From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026
William Golding wrote his tale partially in response to “The Coral Island,” a Victorian-era potboiler about three boys who survive a shipwreck thanks to their bluff resourcefulness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026
Yet the bigger lesson of “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie” is about resourcefulness and freewheeling imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
In many ways the sport and the harsh conditions in which it thrived embodied the traditional values and traits — resilience, community, politeness, resourcefulness — that have come to define Canada’s unique “northern character.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2025
But Odysseus was not only a hero, he was a man of great resourcefulness.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
