How to Use fortitude in a Sentence

fortitude

noun

• She has endured disappointments with fortitude and patience.
• This month, reflect on your personal values: What does fortitude mean to you?
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 July 2018
• But sometimes struggles can take away from spiritual fortitude instead of adding to it.
  — Asma Uddin, Teen Vogue, 26 May 2019
• The Greater Boston area must now summon the fortitude to face its failure to hold three major titles at once.
  — Ben Shpigel, New York Times, 12 June 2019
• Get our daily newsletter Mr Imamoglu’s fortitude is hard to overstate.
  — The Economist, 29 June 2019
• Technology has allowed for great strides in transparency — if the government has the fortitude to use it.
  — Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2019
• Many Americans demonstrated bravery and fortitude in the frozen-mud swamps and pine forests around Archangel.
  — Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
• The lone cowboy taming the land with lasso and fortitude may fit the myth of the West, but the reality was quite different.
  — Johnforristerross, Longreads, 2 July 2018
• Lauer’s longevity Lauer continues to show a fortitude that belies his 23 years and 14 big-league starts.
  — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 July 2018
• That a woman of this caliber, this fortitude, this integrity, and this intelligence might have a shot at becoming our leader.
  — Katherine J. Igoe, Marie Claire, 5 Apr. 2019
• The journey, which begins its 10th edition in November, is one of the purest tests of mental and physical fortitude in all of sports.
  — Demarco Williams, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
• Try to postpone negotiations, which could require serious thought and fortitude.
  — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive.com, 3 July 2019
• And Zhang Tao, who founded a special needs school in Xi’an with no government funding, armed only with grit, intelligence, fortitude, and love.
  — Ken Budd, National Geographic, 27 June 2019
• The courage and the fortitude to just do it is amazing.
  — ELLE, 1 Apr. 2022
• Brown had the fortitude to erase Cleveland’s hard drive for the first time in decades.
  — Conor Orr, SI.com, 9 Mar. 2018
• The drive showed grit and fortitude from Ashford and Auburn.
  — al, 27 Nov. 2022
• But there's one test of fortitude and man-muscle that has made it through to the present day.
  — Elizabeth Gunnison Dunn, Esquire, 4 Dec. 2012
• For them to do this took a lot of courage and fortitude, just desire.
  — Matt Massey, The Seattle Times, 27 May 2017
• His fortitude produced the luck that landed him back in the game.
  — Steve Straessle, Arkansas Online, 1 May 2021
• This defense lacks the depth and front-line fortitude to be great.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• This was not just a matter of courage, pluck, and fortitude.
  — Razib Khan, National Review, 31 July 2021
• May God give you strength and fortitude to deal with and face this with solitude.
  — Washington Post, 29 July 1998
• In the Senate, Romney seemed to grow in stature and fortitude.
  — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• The hope, of course, is that now that sort of fortitude won’t go on hiatus again for a season and a half.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 Mar. 2018
• At least the folks at Popsugar have the fortitude to admit that the look kind of slaps.
  — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 30 Apr. 2021
• But people just don’t have the fortitude to say it out loud.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2019
• In the face of the global shutdown, Chopra Jonas has been struck by the fortitude she's seen from people around the world in big ways and small.
  — Kelsey Hurwitz, Woman's Day, 28 July 2020
• That takes some bravery and fortitude on the side of the homeowners.
  — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
• The anxiety and fear, and the rashes and illness, come with love and fortitude.
  — Chris Vognar, Chron, 17 Feb. 2023
• The challenges of the last four years nearly took us out, but realizing the imperative nature of mental and physical fortitude has become our cornerstone for growth and resilience.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 11 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024