Fortitude in example sentence

She avoided the looks of them all, could neither eat nor speak, and after some time, on her mother's silently pressing her hand with tender compassion, her small degree of fortitude was quite overcome, she burst into tears and left the room.

More example sentences with word fortitude

And so instead of the way of showing virtue such as fortitude or self-mastery, he borrowed from Julius II's wonderful collection of sculptures in order to show inner strength as external power.

For me that poem evokes my love for Paul, and a new fortitude that came from loving and losing him.

Thanks to a pimply weakling whose fortitude inspired all the other gods, the sun moves along its daily path, the rabbit-faced moon following in its wake.

Your success will be determined by your own fortitude, your own confidence, your own individual hard work.

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