fighting spirit

Example Sentences

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Admirers praise her simplicity, inclusive politics and fighting spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

Fairhope doesn’t have what I think of as a fighting spirit.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Party leaders declared it payback and boasted about their new fighting spirit.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Carney sees no choice but to double down on the fighting spirit of 1812.

From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026

The weather of Winter is so relentless, so near the limit of tolerability even to them with all their cold-adaptations, that perhaps they use up their fighting spirit fighting the cold.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin