Fortitude in example sentence

I had depended on her fortitude too far, and the blow was a severe one--but had her marriage been happy, so young as I then was, a few months must have reconciled me to it, or at least I should not have now to lament it.

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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