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Six example sentences with spartan, each labelled with its topic.
Her spartan endurance carried her through the last twelve kilometers on a badly blistered foot without a word of complaint.
Fitness
The crew showed spartan patience through two winters in the ice, rationing biscuit and keeping the ship's log every day.
History
Nurses on the night ward keep a spartan calm through hours that would leave most visitors shaking.
Medicine
She played the final with spartan resolve, taping a sprained ankle at halftime and never once asking to come out.
Basketball
The founders showed spartan grit through a year without pay, working from a cold garage and never complaining to customers.
Startups
The porters showed spartan steadiness as the storm pinned the group in the pass for two days.
Travel
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