grit
Example Sentences
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Qualities like grit or self-control influenced overall performance, but they did not prevent people from having less productive days.
From Science Daily • Apr. 15, 2026
And given that, the brutal, legend-humbling race, all grit and grind, makes perfect sense.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
Rough & Tumble — the name captures the sweat and grit of politics — has continued without interruption for 30-plus years.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 5, 2026
They brought flair, grit, and feet that seemed magnetized to the ball as they starred for clubs such as Ajax and Barcelona, AC Milan and Juventus.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Leaping quickly into the hole, he scratched the damp sandy grit left and right.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
Vocabulary lists containing grit
Bridge to Terabithia
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Free Lunch
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