Sentence examples for formidable grit from inspiring English sources

He's also displayed formidable grit and stamina in tough matches - take his epic 2009 win over Andy Roddick at Wimbledon as a case in point.

Critics of the moribund ethics panel have to admit surprise that it found enough election-year grit to even admonish Mr. DeLay, the formidable power broker dubbed the Hammer.

A week from Saturday, they will be playing the role of the canary in the coal mine, inhaling the formidable mix of oil particles, industrial smoke and Gobi Desert grit in Beijing.

Inside the paint, where many games are won through grit and toughness, the youthful Nets were pummeled by another formidable tandem, the Lakers' frontcourt of Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum.

Grit and desire are not quite enough to hold off rivals as formidable as Beisel and the triumphant Ye, who is just 16.

And grit.

She had grit.

Copper, silver, gravel, grit.

Talk about grit!

TRUE GRIT, by Charles Portis.

Formidable creature.