Their resilience was greater than men's, as was their ability to withstand pain.
But Martin is proud of his ability to withstand pain, which he credits to constant prayer, even during games and practices.
Directed by Kevin Donovan, "The Tuxedo" finds Ms. Hewitt fighting alongside Mr. Chan, a legend for both his martial-arts skill and his ability to withstand pain.
Sometimes the process of joining a fraternity includes more secret – more sinister – elements that test a person's manliness, endurance, ability to withstand pain.
Dancing had shaped Tanny's personality, instilling in her discipline, perseverance and a capacity to withstand pain that gave her inner strength when the crisis came.
Although some people may be able physiologically to withstand pain better than others, cultural factors rather than heredity usually account for that ability.
His primary virtue is courage — the ability to withstand pain, remain calm under pressure and rise from nowhere to topple the greats.
When your body is flooded with endorphins, you're able to withstand pain for longer than you could before, so pain tolerance is often used as a proxy for endorphin levels.
He once shut himself inside a freezer, to prove he could withstand the cold; he clamped an alligator clip on to his tongue, to show he could withstand pain.
But sometimes you wonder if he doesn't enjoy it too much -- if he doesn't cast events in the harshest light because, like the Romans he refers to in one story, he believes it a virtue to withstand pain.
One bloody decapitated head, one wight savaged by a direwolf and set on fire, one near-confrontation between Bronn and the Kingsguard (which Bronn would clearly have won, no question), one near assassination and a wince-inducing demonstration of the Unsullied's ability to withstand pain.
