stamina
1strength of physical constitution; power to endure disease, fatigue, privation, etc.
Origin of stamina
1Words Nearby stamina
Other definitions for stamina (2 of 2)
a plural of stamen.
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How to use stamina in a sentence
It’s just a matter of losing timing, conditioning and stamina.
A tennis player has turned his Australian Open quarantine into a party of one | Liz Clarke | January 21, 2021 | Washington Post“It’s all going to come down to the stamina to go through a training camp and then exhibition games,” Brooks said of Wall in a virtual news conference Tuesday.
Russell Westbrook is a known quantity. The question is how he’ll fit with the Wizards. | Ava Wallace | December 3, 2020 | Washington PostPeople get fatigued, whereas a computer has endless stamina, whether it’s reviewing 100 or 1,000 articles.
Solving content moderation requires humans, AI is not good enough | Taboola | October 26, 2020 | DigidayGet an early start, then test out your stamina and navigation skills on this eight-mile off-trail trek that takes most hikers six hours to complete.
I Tried to Climb the Largest Sand Dune in North America | Emily Pennington | September 22, 2020 | Outside OnlineI think there was always a desire to play him wide or even at wingback due to his defensive solidity and stamina, but he seems to have adapted to playing upfront without any difficulty at all.
What To Watch For On The English Premier League’s Final Match Day | Chadwick Matlin (chadwick.matlin@fivethirtyeight.com) | July 24, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
War,” wrote Clausewitz, “is an extreme trial of strength and stamina.
He says he believes it was good professional stamina that saved his life.
A Torture Survivor on Ukraine's Tortured Ceasefire | Anna Nemtsova | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven as we cheer for her stamina, we shrink from her rapacity.
He weighed only 185 pounds, but he had killer instincts and rabbit quickness and the stamina of a mule.
Football Great Bob Suffridge Wanders Through the End Zone of Life | Paul Hemphill | September 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe amount of strength, flexibility, stamina, everything it takes to be a gymnast is insane.
'American Ninja Warrior' May Crown Its First Female Winner Kacy Catanzaro | Rich Goldstein | September 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPoor Mrs. Morton was a flimsy woman, without much stamina, mental or bodily.
St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878 | VariousEvery man of them was marked for courage and stamina and wild daring.
Riders of the Silences | John FrederickEvery one would become so corrupt and depraved sexually that the race would become weak and puny, with no moral stamina.
A California Girl | Edward EldridgeThere are only two known species, and they vary in the number of their stamina, and divisions of the Corolla.
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. V | William CurtisBut if Emetic could not spread-eagle the field, she could set a pace that would try the stamina and lungs of Pegasus.
Garrison's Finish | W. B. M. Ferguson
British Dictionary definitions for stamina (1 of 2)
/ (ˈstæmɪnə) /
enduring energy, strength, and resilience
Origin of stamina
1Derived forms of stamina
- staminal, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for stamina (2 of 2)
/ (ˈstæmɪnə) /
a plural of stamen
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