Sentence examples for hardihood from inspiring English sources

Of his routed enemy, Lieut-Gen Bill Slim, the British commanding officer, said: "There can be no question of the supreme courage and hardihood of the Japanese soldiers...I know of no army that could have equalled them".Retaking the road, we proceed to a modern massacre, at Churachandpur, 80km southwest of Imphal.

Nevertheless, as the Mongols' campaigns were to show, their war-making methods, natural hardihood, and excellent horsemanship made them the equal of anyone in either Asia or Europe until at least the end of the 13th century ad.

"Had we lived," he wrote, "I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman.

Jack's hardihood is extraordinary – clearly, he doesn't need sleep the way the rest of us do.

He also held that while "the Chindits gave a splendid example of courage and hardihood", their achievements were inadequate returns for the resources bestowed on them.

He attributes his hardihood to the fact that his wife is the first to criticize his muffs; what he takes at the breakfast table hardens him for the office.

When Donahue left L.A., she took up with a grower she calls Judah, moved to a community she calls Nuggettown, and embraced the local way of life: hardihood, hot-tubbing, and New Age pieties.

J. C. Chandor's feeling for the physical continuity of action and Redford's hardihood and ingenuity are both immensely moving — awesome, really (in the non-teen sense).