Idiom
made of sterner stuff
Meaning
strong and determined (especially more so than someone else, to whom one is being compared).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She is made of sterner stuff than her brother.”
“Everyone expected him to quit after the failure, but he is made of sterner stuff and kept working.”
“Though the critics predicted the young leader would collapse under the pressure, she proved she was made of sterner stuff and successfully navigated the crisis.”
Examples
simple
“She is made of sterner stuff than her brother.”
contextual
“Everyone expected him to quit after the failure, but he is made of sterner stuff and kept working.”
complex
“Though the critics predicted the young leader would collapse under the pressure, she proved she was made of sterner stuff and successfully navigated the crisis.”
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