Sentence examples for a sturdy sense from inspiring English sources

Every ghost story needs a Dr Faraday, a blunt literalist with a sturdy sense of self.

Ozick approached it all, even the ministrations of her media coach, with a keen eye and a sturdy sense of humor.

The basic strategy of Fire! — pairing the expressive energy of free jazz with a sturdy sense of groove — has yielded something potent and self-contained.

But Mr. Stone, whose ancestors landed at Plymouth Colony, has a sturdy sense of self-importance, a taskmaster's bite, a truculent shoulder shrug and a lifelong sense of wonder about wild critters.

Lizza's piece quotes the President telling David Maraniss, in his new biography, "What I retained in my politics is a sense that the only way I could have a sturdy sense of identity of who I was depended on digging beneath the surface differences of people.

CARACAS, Venezuela — With the president absent and ailing, the country on edge and the government eager to portray a sturdy sense of continuity, there might be nothing unusual about the most powerful officials in Venezuela meeting over the weekend, except for the location they chose for the sit-down: Havana.

His values weren't for everyone — not everyone in this century, certainly — but he had an admirably sturdy sense of self and the loyalty of countless families whose boys were destined to become sales managers and construction workers and attorneys.

But mostly the definitions show a sturdy common sense, except when Johnson used long words sportively.

Jafar Panahi is a fifty-one-year-old Iranian film director with a restlessly intense manner and a sturdy, undefeatable sense of the absurd.

Another reason is his sturdy sense of phrase.

Such was their sturdy sense of independence that they won autonomy from Denmark in 1904 and steered clear of the EU.