How to Use stiff upper lip in a Sentence

stiff upper lip

noun

• British stiff upper lip and all that, but come on, the kid is four.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 8 June 2022
• The Sox need to display a stiff upper lip and bounce back Sunday.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2019
• Her stiff upper lip, and the monarchy, seemed frozen in a distant time.
  — Maria Puente and Jeff Stinson, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2022
• Trump displays a stiff upper lip in the face of the pandemic.
  — Barry Blitt, The New Yorker, 2 July 2020
• Keep a stiff upper lip like any good Brit and go out and do your best for queen and country.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 29 Sep. 2017
• King Charles ditched the stiff upper lip at this year’s Royal Ascot.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 June 2023
• Colman keeps a stiff upper lip, even as the role begins to shift out from under her.
  — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2020
• Colin Firth is a badass now Fans shouldn’t expect Firth to loosen his stiff upper lip just yet.
  — Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 23 Sep. 2017
• Yet the show is not all starched collars and stiff upper lips—much of the art gleefully sends up staid stereotypes.
  — The Economist, 25 Feb. 2020
• Don’t get me wrong: there is a place for a stiff upper lip, and for a sense of humor to help get through a situation.
  — Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 5 Sep. 2017
• One hastens to quip, keep a stiff upper lip, There’ll soon be Thanksgiving in town.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2020
• There’s a message in there, something about keeping a stiff upper lip.
  — al, 6 Apr. 2020
• The nation’s stiff upper lip has softened, and the king will want to reflect that to a degree, analysts say.
  — Max Colchester, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022
• And that’s on top of the English stiff upper lip [mentality].
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2023
• Off-the-line performance and exterior styling are where the LS's stiff upper lip give way to the SC's sly, sultry grin.
  — Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 26 June 2020
• Daryl’s breakdowns are rare; In a show full of displays of mankind’s chaotic nature, Daryl tends to maintain a stiff upper lip.
  — Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2023
• Physicians are taught to sacrifice, overlook pain and keep a stiff upper lip.
  — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
• You’re glued by her range of expressive reactions, trapped in the limbo between tears and a stiff upper lip.
  — Al Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2020
• Even our most esteemed leaders couldn’t hide behind the proverbial stiff upper lip.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 8 June 2022
• But unlike their regal mistress, the Queen’s corgis did not always keep a stiff upper lip.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 18 Apr. 2018
• Growing up during the depression years and the war left emotional scars, but gave her a stiff upper lip to deal with life's many challenges.
  — courant.com, 10 July 2018
• In modern times, the stiff upper lip has become anachronistic.
  — Barbara A. Perry, Time, 9 Oct. 2017
• Alice and her stiff upper lip are ready to accept this lot until the pack horse program comes recruiting.
  — Karin Tanabe, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2019
• The Blue Jays maintained a stiff upper lip throughout, but Lebron could sense something missing.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 19 Aug. 2021
• Prince Harry comes from a long line of military men who took pride in adopting a stiff upper lip attitude and getting on with the job.
  — Louis Staples, CNN, 12 Jan. 2023
• Rachel Tunnard and Rosanne Flynn's script piles on the schmaltz (even as the ladies pointedly keep a stiff upper lip), but that's part of the film's particular pleasure.
  — Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 22 May 2020
• Henry told of how in his time as a footballer, players were expected to keep a stiff upper lip and their problems to themselves in fear of later reprisals.
  — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
• But the famous British stiff upper lip came in handy and people across the nation kept calm and carried on -- aside from some outbursts of disgust on social media.
  — Rob Picheta, CNN, 18 July 2019
• In fact, Tom is the first American Macfadyen’s played on television, and the actor, 44, seems delighted to leave the stiff upper lip behind.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2019
• But, unlike your great aunt’s disastrous anniversary party, this one will be held in full view of the world, so stiff upper lips are mandatory.
  — Carole Sovocool, Robb Report, 21 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024