a stomach for

Example Sentences

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How do you do it so that the audience doesn’t get out of the room after three minutes or five minutes because they just don’t have a stomach for it?

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 5, 2021

Investors with a stomach for risk would get a better yield than for the top debt, and have a stronger claim than junior creditors if the company filed for bankruptcy.

From Reuters • Mar. 18, 2016

But at various times over the last several years, the studio was transformed into a version of a netherworld so hellish that even Mr. Barney, who has a stomach for such things, approached his limits.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2015

But an innings against Middlesex at Scarborough in July spoke of a stomach for the fight that would stand him in good stead in the Test arena.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2014

“I heard you. To be honest, if I had the choice, I wouldn’t. I don’t have much of a stomach for that kind of food. I find it quite distasteful.”

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel