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noun

fortitude

strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

In a sentence

Six example sentences with fortitude, each labelled with its topic.

  • Running the final ten miles on a stress fracture took a fortitude that no training plan can install.

    Fitness

  • Eight months of dialysis three times a week demanded a fortitude her nurses spoke about for years.

    Medicine

  • Shackleton's crew survived two winters on the ice through fortitude alone, rationing seal meat and never abandoning hope.

    History

  • Aquinas lists fortitude among the cardinal virtues, the steady courage that keeps a person acting well under fear.

    Philosophy

  • It took real fortitude to keep building through eighteen months of rejections before the first customer signed.

    Startups

  • Coming back from a torn ligament to start the playoff opener took a fortitude her teammates still talk about.

    Basketball

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