keep a stiff upper lip in a sentence
Examples
- If the Fiesta winds up with the Buckeyes vs . the Bruins, the Rose Bowl committee members will keep a stiff upper lip.
- Friends of Mrs . Clinton believe she has the political skills to keep a stiff upper lip through what promises to be a difficult period.
- Kasper has been trying to keep a stiff upper lip through the turmoil, but it's clear it has been a difficult time for the second-year coach.
- The Comets are missing nearly 40 points per game with Cooper coaching Phoenix and Swoopes trying to keep a stiff upper lip while her knee heals.
- MRS . MINIVER . Wyler won an Oscar, as did Greer Garson as a matriarch whose family keeps a stiff upper lip during the Battle of Britain . 1942.
- All the Mariners can do is try to keep a stiff upper lip, tough to do when a 40-homer, 100-RBI guy is sentenced to the trainers'room for May and June.
- Fowler is the embodiment of a now-faded British archetype : the suave, impeccably well-mannered man of the world who keeps a stiff upper lip and camouflages any inner torment under a pose of amused knowingness.
- USC's starting five players have tried to keep a stiff upper lip regarding fatigue, but forward Brian Scalabrine finally admitted Wednesday night that he has become physically worn down after averaging 38.8 minutes in Pacific-10 Conference games.
- The prevailing attitude is " Keep a stiff upper lip, have a strong cocktail, and maybe it will go away, " said Dr . Sheila Marcus, director of adult ambulatory psychiatry at the University of Michigan clinic.
- For example, the opening song, " I Whistle a Happy Tune ", establishes Anna's fear upon entering a strange land with her small son, but the merry melody also expresses her determination to keep a stiff upper lip.