soldier on
Example Sentences
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When a soldier on a passing train tossed him half a loaf of stale bread, he planned to share it with friends.
“Although she felt too old to do so, she knew that she must soldier on, as Arthur might have put it, with this new life on her own.”
Flashbacks, with Will Fletcher as young Bernie and Laura Marcus as young Rene, recall the couple’s wartime meeting and Bernie’s interactions with a young soldier on D-Day.
From Los Angeles Times
The team dealt especially well with the interlocked scenes of Act 2, set as an ensemble with chorus: A turntable deftly alternated Joe’s experience as a soldier on the Western Front in Europe with life back at home where the comic-book company is making money and Sam and Rosa, in a union of convenience, are raising Rosa and Joe’s child on Long Island.
Even so, Venezuelans are trying to soldier on.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
