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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Thankfully, the star worked up the courage to try again.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The abundance of courage came from an abundance of faith.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 6 June 2019
  • Corinne gains the words and courage to stand up to her own racist bully.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Leaders need to be open to learning and change and have the courage to drive the right change.
    Bybryan Robinson, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • And have the courage of our own convictions to speak up.
    Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 4 June 2020
  • Months passed before Davis worked up the courage to hunt.
    Keith McCafferty, Field & Stream, 16 Nov. 2020
  • In fact, to our way of thinking, craziness and courage were one and the same.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2023
  • This is enough to give Jamie the courage to spit out her big secret.
    Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 12 May 2020
  • To say ‘enough is enough’ is the ultimate act of courage.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • How can some drug-peddlers have the courage to murder the PM?
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Such frankness, of course, was its own kind of courage.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2018
  • Now go find yours, and have the courage and confidence to lead with it.
    Robert Granader, Forbes, 12 May 2021
  • With the help of his loyal, oddball animal friends, Pierre finds the courage to speak up, break tradition, and change his world for the better.
    Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2024

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