Sentence examples for have the backbone from inspiring English sources

The world community does not have the backbone to stop you.

The question is not the backing — it's whether the president will have the backbone.

"We are a small newspaper, but we have the backbone no matter how poor we are," the New Express said.

"I have the responsibility to have the backbone to tell you directly what my position is and what my beliefs are," Mr. Edwards said.

He is popularly pilloried as a money-grubbing scoundrel and charlatan who doesn't have the backbone to accept responsibility for the failings of his team.

How about placing blame where it is due: on those who don't have the backbone to ask the President to step down immediately?

Democrats are showing once again they have the backbones of banana slugs.

"It seems parents don't have the backbones they used to," she said.

I can't foretell whether politicians in the eurozone have the backbones to withstand the public outcry over belt tightening.

"He certainly has the backbone".

Tom has the backbone of a chocolate éclair.