courage
a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear
How often you will meet it
Rank 951 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 19,325 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear also: courageousness, bravery, braveness
courage in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Have courage, Mary, here's the hostess here.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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That was his chance--"the courage of the commonplace."
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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With men, Piers had plenty of moral courage, but women daunted him.
The Crown of Life · George Gissing · Chapter 1
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And with this sapient, but unsatisfactory conclusion, he opened his book, and read aloud, to keep up his courage.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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At last the time seemed ripe for a final advance, and Brown gathered his courage together and resolved to make it.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1