fortitude - use in sentences

Preposition: of

  • character: Fortitude of character is not always found in the most likely places.

Converse of object

  • show: Next day he died, having shown the greatest fortitude.
  • have: I pray we have the fortitude to carry on fighting.
  • display: By batting for nearly nine hours in the match he displayed a fortitude to match anything achieved in his previous 78 Tests.
  • require: They will help you gain the mandate, people, and fortitude required to ensure competitive strength.
  • take: You have a chance to help here, but it will take some intestinal fortitude on your part.
  • exhibit: He therefore exhibits fortitude in its clearest and most perfect form.

Noun used with modifier

  • sense: In this sense fortitude is a special virtue; it is the virtue of courage in adversity.
  • operation: Operation Fortitude, put in place to combat alcohol-fuelled violence, has had a real impact.

Adjective modifier

  • intestinal: Thank you all for the intestinal fortitude to stand for what's right, like static pages fit for the purpose!
  • moral: In figures such as Martin Luther King, the world draws moral fortitude and an example of the effectiveness of non-violent struggle.
  • normal: Even applying the normal fortitude to secondary victims only is the rule still justifiable?
  • mental: Each of the 121 runners will be ably backed by a support team as they undertake the grueling test of physical and mental fortitude.
  • great: Next day he died, having shown the greatest fortitude.
  • human: December 12, 1793 London Forum ' Which is the greater Trial of human Fortitude: Treachery in a Friendship or Perfidy in Love?

Preposition: in

  • face: Loyal, confident submission will give you courage, boldness, fortitude in the face of a hostile society.

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