Solomon's Proverbs, I think, have omitted to say, that as the sore palate findeth grit, so an uneasy consciousness heareth innuendoes.
"I haven't got the grit to go there and look at a paper in cold blood," he told Anne.
Phillips is a Grit too because Prissy Andrews's father is one, and Ruby Gillis says that when a man is courting he always has to agree with the girl's mother in religion and her father in politics.
Dead people might talk, maybe, but they don't come sliding around in a shroud, when you ain't noticing, and peep over your shoulder all of a sudden and grit their teeth, the way a ghost does.
The positive is that she was amazing in True Grit, gave the best performance in The Edge of Seventeen.
It can help reinforce your resolve, help you to overcome obstacles, and build grit.
Carrie Fisher, the actress, author and screenwriter who brought a rare combination of nerve, grit and hopefulness to her most indelible role, as Princess Leia in the "Star Wars" movie franchise, died Tuesday.
His relentless aggressiveness inspired a generation of small, bulldog-esque guards, as Los Angeles Clippers floor general Chris Paul told Rowan Kavner of the team's website back in February: "I just loved the grit that he played with.
"He had deep love for sailing as well as the grit to do it.
That shock lingered, but the ugliness of those deaths was mitigated by Katniss, whose very individuality, her grit, roughness and decency, serve as a rebuke to the Capitol.
First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.
In a word, grit.
The grit is marked on the packaging or file as a number.
It takes true grit to do it.
The fencing-master suffered many a blow, but he grit his teeth, and let nothing vex him, for, said he to himself, "If you are afraid of a blow, you'll never win the house.
