stiff upper lip
nounDefinition of stiff upper lip
: a steady and determined attitude or manner in the face of trouble
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The Sox need to display a stiff upper lip and bounce back Sunday. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Red Sox help grow the game, but also their deficit," 29 June 2019 Powell kept a stiff upper lip when asked by a reporter about Trump’s influence, saying that political considerations have no bearing on the Fed’s decision. — Los Angeles Times, "Fed cuts interest rate for first time since 2008, adopting risky new strategy," 31 July 2019 Especially my father, who belonged to the stiff upper lip, British-era Indian civil service school of thought. — Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, Quartz India, "What was it like to be a diplomat in Pakistan during the Kargil war: A former Indian envoy remembers," 28 July 2019 But the famous British stiff upper lip came in handy and people across the nation kept calm and carried on -- aside from some outbursts of disgust on social media. — Rob Picheta, CNN, "Flying ants invade Britain in swarms so large they were seen from space," 18 July 2019 Perched so splendidly a mile above the basin, Mt. Wilson remains L.A.’s stiff upper lip: Wistful. — Chris Erskinecolumnist, Los Angeles Times, "Postcard From L.A.: In the moon glow of Mt. Wilson, go find your place in the cosmos," 15 July 2019 The lead characters, Maya and Kash, are a couple of color; Maya is a Black American woman with gorgeous natural hair working in politics, and Kash is a British-Pakistani investment banker with a stiff upper lip. — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, "Mindy Kaling's 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' Reboot on Hulu Will Look Very Different," 13 June 2019 The country once defined by its stiff upper lip has been indulging in a kind of orgy of public histrionics more commonly associated with Latin American telenovelas. — Gerard Baker, WSJ, "The Great Brexit Breakdown," 7 Dec. 2018 British sensibility comes in handy for this moment — stiff upper lip and all that, gent — especially because the Brits still had their cellphones pointed at us. — Scott Sturgis, Philly.com, "McLaren 570S Spider: Knock-your-glasses-off fun - plus room for luggage," 31 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'stiff upper lip.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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