How to Use courage in a Sentence
courage
noun- It takes courage to stand up for your rights.
- She has the courage to support unpopular causes.
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But as long as your courage holds out you may as well go right ahead making a fool of yourself. All brave men are fools.
— Robert Frost, 17 Apr. 1915 -
The justices should have the courage and good sense to say as much.
— The Editors, National Review, 5 Dec. 2024 -
Auburn’s coach is reminding people about the power of courage inside us all.
— Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 14 Nov. 2022 -
Dig deeper to find an undiscovered level of courage that will lead you and your team to victory.
— Cedrick Webb, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022 -
These women are the Rosa Parks of Iran and their courage has been contagious.
— Marc Malkin, Variety, 16 Nov. 2022 -
Kay Ivey needs courage to act, before Alabama sticks a needle in this man’s veins.
— John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 17 Nov. 2022 -
Malachite is said to offer courage, wisdom and intuition.
— Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 14 Nov. 2022 -
Peter Van Sant: That takes an incredible amount of courage.
— CBS News, 12 Nov. 2022 -
The team behind this film pushed back all the doubters to tell a story about powerful Black women whose courage, skill and sisterhood bring them an epic victory.
— Dana Stevens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2022 -
Hundreds of thousands suffer unnecessarily because of the current lack of courage.
— Joe Lonsdale, WSJ, 18 Nov. 2022 -
Characters demonstrate courage and resilience, making sacrifices for one another.
— Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022 -
Interim superintendent Gary Patterson opened the meeting by talking about the courage that the families of the victims have shown.
— Jake Bleiberg, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Nov. 2022 -
Indeed, protesters in Beijing and elsewhere showed unusual courage to speak out and face the danger of being arrested – as witnesses said some protesters were.
— Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Nov. 2022 -
With the courage to campaign and to win from the center.
— Recode Staff, Recode, 21 Mar. 2018 -
In the end, the movie doesn’t have the courage of its convictions.
— New York Times, 8 Sep. 2021 -
Nick has even found the courage to come out to his mom.
— Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 8 July 2022 -
And yet, as a whole, the film lacks the courage of its own despair.
— Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 28 Jan. 2022 -
Muster the courage to walk past it, or even crouch down to pet it?
— Elizabeth Carlen, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024 -
The Lord has blessed me with a sharp mind and the courage to stand up for what is right.
— Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024 -
The best kind of solo shows are painful to watch and are acts of courage.
— David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023 -
This is a story about the courage to walk away from a dream.
— Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 7 June 2018 -
The third thing is courage and the boldness to go after it.
— Essence Wiley, Essence, 10 July 2023 -
Watch this little cutie find the courage to make friends for the first time.
— Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 25 Jan. 2022 -
One of the themes of the musical Wicked is brains, heart, and courage.
— Kali Hays, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024 -
Just like a year ago, Ukraine is calling on the rest of the world to find courage.
— CNN, 18 Feb. 2023 -
Study hard and take care of your siblings, and have courage.
— Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2021 -
And that kind of courage is a reflection of growth and change.
— Essence, 23 Dec. 2021 -
This agape leads me to pursue courage for justice and peace.
— Ron Swain, Austin American-Statesman, 22 Nov. 2024
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