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
It’s that cause that gives you that intestinal fortitude to prevail.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2021
A significant measure of intestinal fortitude is necessary to choose the former, and not everyone has the requisite amount.
From Washington Times • Oct. 24, 2018
These persons who promulgate and enforce such policies either have not the understanding of the problem or they do not have the intestinal fortitude to do what they think if they do understand it.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
