stout-hearted

Example Sentences

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Game of Thrones’ most stout-hearted characters sit on the king-appointment council now, but it’s easy enough to imagine that, within a generation, they’ll revert to the status quo where the power-hungry rule.

From Slate

The winged Shadows were not seen again that day, yet ever and anon, high above the city, a faint cry would come, and many who heard it would stand stricken with a passing dread, while the less stout-hearted quailed and wept.

From Literature

Britain and America, the stout-hearted good guys, the countries that don’t turn their backs on Europe or those in need.

From The Guardian

There’s even a snippet of obscure scat singer Shooby Taylor’s early-1980s oddity “Stout-Hearted Men.”

From Washington Post

This was fine so far as it went—for the lady of his choice was a managing, middle-aged, stout-hearted creature, who could cook, ride a straight line, and make beds—but the hopes of all parties had been dashed at the start by the arrival of the magic barge.

From Literature