How to Use fortitude in a Sentence

fortitude

noun
  • She has endured disappointments with fortitude and patience.
  • But how many out there holding on by a thread have his fortitude?
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2020
  • This defense lacks the depth and front-line fortitude to be great.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 29 Aug. 2019
  • 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
  • What gave you that internal fortitude to work so hard for so long?
    — Valerie Jarrett, Glamour, 13 Oct. 2020
  • But this cycle has been a test of his fortitude and patience.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 20 June 2022
  • His fortitude produced the luck that landed him back in the game.
    — Steve Straessle, Arkansas Online, 1 May 2021
  • So if nothing else, this was a test of mental fortitude.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • But all of those steps first require mental health and fortitude.
    — Olga Khazan, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Brown had the fortitude to erase Cleveland’s hard drive for the first time in decades.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Michael’s courage, his fortitude and his grace, more than anything else, is on full display.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 30 July 2025
  • That probably takes as much strength and fortitude as taking a knee when no one else will.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The same fortitude that worked for her on the farm becomes her sustenance away from it.
    — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2018
  • 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
  • The real test of one's fortitude is what happens after one has failed.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 12 June 2017
  • What kind of fortitude, what kind of lack of temptation to over expand?
    — EW.com, 26 May 2025
  • Few people had the fortitude to wade through the soul-crushing five pages of details.
    — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 June 2025
  • That takes some bravery and fortitude on the side of the homeowners.
    — Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
  • Griffin’s are impressive, but that pales to the fortitude of this young man.
    — George Diaz, OrlandoSentinel.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • That’s the fortitude of a real writer.
    — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Find out more about makeup, if a player has the fortitude to pitch and play at altitude.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
  • And yet Derrickson was also keen to show that fortitude is hard to snuff out.
    — New York Times, 20 June 2022
  • At least the folks at Popsugar have the fortitude to admit that the look kind of slaps.
    — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 30 Apr. 2021
  • Schwarzenegger plays an inmate at the most secure prison on the planet with the fortitude to break out.
    — Matt Patches, Esquire, 30 June 2015
  • The anxiety and fear, and the rashes and illness, come with love and fortitude.
    — Chris Vognar, Chron, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Does this bunch have the fortitude to see its way through the hardships to come and still play championship baseball?
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Miller, too, questioned his team’s mental fortitude.
    — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 17 Jan. 2026
  • In the Senate, Romney seemed to grow in stature and fortitude.
    — Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Aisha prides herself on her body’s fortitude, earned through years of training with her soldier father.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Like my predecessors, my life has been grounded in faith and fortitude.
    — CBS News, 25 Apr. 2026

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