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
  • 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 | Rjohnson@al.com, 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
  • Does this bunch have the fortitude to see its way through the hardships to come and still play championship baseball?
    Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Griffin’s are impressive, but that pales to the fortitude of this young man.
    George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • The journey, which begins its 10th edition in November, is one of the purest tests of mental and physical fortitude in all of sports.
    Demarco Williams, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • That Israelis have put up with such disruption for so long is a reminder of their fortitude and clarity of purpose.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 28 Sep. 2024

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