Sentence examples for fortitude in a from inspiring English sources

The pleasures — and values — of this story reside in admiration of fortitude in a vortex of treacherous circumstances.

Seeing the line it was easy to be briefly disappointed at a lack of fortitude in a city that celebrates a reputation for toughness and scepticism of danger.

"Red Hook Summer" lavishes good-humored affection on the church women, whom it portrays as rocks of fortitude in a decaying community, and on Deacon Zee (Thomas Jefferson Byrd), the Lil' Piece of Heaven's tippling caretaker.

Betty Buckley reached out on Wednesday evening from the stage of Alice Tully Hall to a city raw with hurt after last week's terrorist attacks and conjured a mood of empathetic fortitude in a hushed audience that was still reeling with sorrow and fear.

Keep up the good work: You are a beacon of academic fortitude in an institution that seems to have forgotten the true meaning of amateur competition.

With his history of prosecutorial investigation of Iran-Contra and BCCI, and now his incredible fortitude in challenging a political machine unrestrained by ethics, he has proved himself a man of relentless courage and determination to see the job through.

That the Jets lost by 6 points to one of the N.F.L.'s rising powers, twice possessing the ball in the fourth quarter with a chance to go ahead, is at once a testament to their fortitude in response to a humiliating loss and a reflection of the gap in talent between the teams.

I detect a peculiar moral fortitude in "House of Leaves," a rectitude in a way almost as archaic as that of the Gilgamesh archetype the story often explicitly reanimates.

After all, even for an independent-minded analyst, slapping a "sell" or "underperform" rating on a stock takes fortitude: In doing so, an analyst risks that the company could shut him or her out and not be as forthcoming with information that would help construct price targets.

Despite its defeat at Fort Wagner, the 54th's fortitude in battle was a turning point in the war, paving the way for greater African-American participation.

Her courage is not only inspiring but also a testament to the fortitude rooted in a couple's love.