keep a stiff upper lip in a sentence
Examples
- Additionally, if recent history is a guide, this may not be the era to count on Americans _ or, for that matter, the citizenry of any of our allies _ to keep a stiff upper lip for very long.
- 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.
- I told the kids to buck up, tough it out, stay the course, don't be a quitter, learn to live with it, keep a stiff upper lip, give 110 percent even if you're functioning at 50 percent, and keep tissues in their backpacks.
- The poor creatures try to keep a stiff upper lip about their living conditions ( except for the jungle cat who complains that he needs to kill his meals ) and in the process become a metaphor for the fate of England's lower middle class.
- He tells her what a relief it is to " write one's heart out to you " when he must keep a stiff upper lip in front of his men on the Western front, and he implores her to stay in touch with his political allies back home.
- So, while the former owner of the Texas Rangers, George W . Bush, now devotes his full attention to a world serious, Selig does what a baseball commissioner can do to keep a stiff upper lip, even if his trembled with the rest of America's on that blackest of Tuesdays three weeks ago.