How to Use fortitude in a Sentence

fortitude

noun

• She has endured disappointments with fortitude and patience.
• The courage and the fortitude to just do it is amazing.
  — ELLE, 1 Apr. 2022
• Brown had the fortitude to erase Cleveland’s hard drive for the first time in decades.
  — Conor Orr, SI.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• The drive showed grit and fortitude from Ashford and Auburn.
  — al, 27 Nov. 2022
• But there's one test of fortitude and man-muscle that has made it through to the present day.
  — Elizabeth Gunnison Dunn, Esquire, 4 Dec. 2012
• For them to do this took a lot of courage and fortitude, just desire.
  — Matt Massey, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2017
• His fortitude produced the luck that landed him back in the game.
  — Steve Straessle, Arkansas Online, 1 May 2021
• This defense lacks the depth and front-line fortitude to be great.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• This was not just a matter of courage, pluck, and fortitude.
  — Razib Khan, National Review, 31 July 2021
• May God give you strength and fortitude to deal with and face this with solitude.
  — Washington Post, 29 July 1998
• In the Senate, Romney seemed to grow in stature and fortitude.
  — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• The hope, of course, is that now that sort of fortitude won’t go on hiatus again for a season and a half.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• At least the folks at Popsugar have the fortitude to admit that the look kind of slaps.
  — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 30 Apr. 2021
• But people just don’t have the fortitude to say it out loud.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2019
• In the face of the global shutdown, Chopra Jonas has been struck by the fortitude she's seen from people around the world in big ways and small.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 28 July 2020
• That takes some bravery and fortitude on the side of the homeowners.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
• The anxiety and fear, and the rashes and illness, come with love and fortitude.
  — Chris Vognar, Chron, 17 Feb. 2023
• But how many out there holding on by a thread have his fortitude?
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2020
• Like the patience and fortitude of the city of Oshkosh for hosting the massive gathering for the last 50 years.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2019
• The Oakland Raiders slipped on their pads, donned their uniforms and summoned the fortitude to play.
  — Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2017
• Their plight and their fortitude are too real for that.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Jan. 2025
• Oregon State showed its fortitude by clawing back from a 17-point deficit when the game looked out of reach.
  — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2021
• The same fortitude that worked for her on the farm becomes her sustenance away from it.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2018
• And our school children, all of them, should be taught of the fortitude of Opal Lee, a true American icon.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 23 June 2022
• Schwarzenegger plays an inmate at the most secure prison on the planet with the fortitude to break out.
  — Matt Patches, Esquire, 30 June 2015
• But this cycle has been a test of his fortitude and patience.
  — Stephen Means, cleveland, 20 June 2022
• It’s his fortitude and mental approach and toughness to the game.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 19 Feb. 2021
• Janis’ fragility and her fortitude are two sides of one coin, and Cruz can shift from one to the other in the merest breath.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 1 Sep. 2021
• If any lack the fortitude to pull themselves up by their bootstraps, that is their own misfortune.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
• Many people have the fortitude to venture out on their own and do so safely and successfully.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025