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Synonyms & Antonyms for grit
Synonyms: Noun
backbone, constancy, fiber, fortitude, grittiness, guts, intestinal fortitude, pluck, spunk
Synonyms: Verb
crunch, gnash, grate, grind, scrape, scrunch
Antonyms: Noun
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Examples of grit in a Sentence
Noun
He shook out his shoes to remove the small rocks and grit. Through resourcefulness and grit, the pioneers survived the winter.Verb
the crash victim gritted his teeth as a way of coping with the pain
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Morgan Delt leads the bill with his gauzy futurist stylings, alongside the cosmic grit of Pearl Charles, creative polymath Vinyl Williams and newcomers The Sunsettes. — Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, "Best live music in L.A.: Robyn, Cuco, XXL Freshman and more," 24 July 2019 No Name’ defense is one filled with grit, determination, courage and compassion. — Keven Lerner, sun-sentinel.com, "Former Miami Dolphins great Nick Buoniconti dies at 78," 31 July 2019 The grits are currently available in original, cheese, and bacon versions. — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, "Jacksonville Beach Restaurant Debuts Its Own Line of Microwavable Grits," 26 July 2019 The once-polished floors became filthy with grit and tobacco. — Washington Post, "Moscow’s Metropol: elegance to revolution and back again," 23 July 2019 The publication and gallery reflected the grit and creativity of the neighborhood in the 1990s, when the East Village, not yet gentrified, was still a bastion of the avant-garde. — Colin Moynihan, New York Times, "Steve Cannon, Whose Townhouse Was an East Village Salon, Dies at 84," 16 July 2019 Both Federer and Nadal are superstars beloved for the sporting ideals their respective games epitomize: the elegance and precision of Federer’s classic style of attacking tennis, the grit and ferocity of Nadal’s power-baseline game. — Kevin Craft, The Atlantic, "Novak Djokovic Is the Greatest Player of the ‘Big Three’," 14 July 2019 More than 600 gleaming objects demonstrate the grit and drive of a company that carefully coupled evolving technology with individual craftsmanship. — Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, "With this glittering display of silver, a Providence rags-to-riches tale," 3 July 2019 In the 1970s and ’80s, with Detroit still dominating the nation’s automobile market, his name evoked images of executive suites, infighting, power plays and the grit and savvy to sell American cars. — Robert D. Mcfadden, SFChronicle.com, "Lee Iacocca, father of the Ford Mustang who later rescued Chrysler, dies at 94," 2 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Backstage the 10 campaigns were crammed in individual cinder-block bunkers, outfitted with TVs so staffs could grit their teeth while watching their bosses flail. — Dan Zak, Washington Post, "The Democratic debate is being held at ‘ground zero’ for the threat of rising seas. Can the climate candidate get a word in edgewise?," 27 June 2019 Kids can rejoice, and the parents who love them can grit their teeth and go along for the ride. — Amy Schwabe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Baby Shark Live! is coming to Milwaukee this fall. Tickets go on sale July 12.," 9 July 2019 In one of Maye’s pictures, a runner is gritting his teeth midstride while, a few feet behind him, the limo creeps along in ominous pursuit, a ghostly white hand visible in the car’s tinted windows. — Martin Fritz Huber, Outside Online, "The Speed Project: A Crazy, 340-Mile Desert Relay," 21 June 2018 Myers tried to impress with his new team, gritting through an ailing wrist. — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, "With big salaries coming, Wil Myers getting on track would be big for Padres," 20 June 2018 Gone are the days of gritting your teeth through gritty soy lattes to avoid the gastrointestinal effects of lactose and dairy fat; a new, smoother, tastier league of mylks has arrived to appease dairy haters of every ilk. — Marian Bull, GQ, "The Best Non-Dairy Milks for Every Occasion," 12 June 2018 If Donald Trump had just gritted his teeth and lived with James Comey as F.B.I. director, everyone would have been spared a lot of grief. — T.a. Frank, The Hive, "A Note to Woke Washington: The Bush Administration Was So Much Worse," 4 May 2018 Christian Bale grits his teeth and stares into the distance often as Blocker, who resists distasteful new orders that will conclude his military career. — Chris Ball, cleveland.com, "'Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: In Concert,' now on DVD and Blu-ray (review)," 2 May 2018 So here’s my pitch: gritting through a fight at all costs has its own consequences, and sometimes the only solution is to pass out and start again. — Jaya Saxena, The Cut, "In Defense of Going to Bed Angry," 27 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grit.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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