stiff upper lip
Example Sentences
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He is also softening the stiff upper lip that once personified his family’s approach; William was filmed recently tearing up after talking to a woman whose husband had died by suicide.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
But if you want to climb the greasy pole, it could be best to keep a stiff upper lip, at least in some organisations, says executive coach Shereen Hoban.
From BBC • Jul. 4, 2025
“So many people do have this view that Harry should have had a stiff upper lip, that he should have grit his teeth and borne it,” Smith told me.
From Slate • Jan. 14, 2023
Steady as her ubiquitous profile on stamps and coins, the queen embodied the British stiff upper lip.
From Washington Post • Sep. 8, 2022
It’s now a matter of remaining calm and steadfast, of gritting our teeth and keeping a stiff upper lip!
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
