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noun Papermaking.

the relative resistance of paper to tearing when wet, resulting from the addition of resins during manufacture.

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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

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It’s a wet strength so that it does its job, but then it dissolves so that it can go down the toilet.
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Morris searched for whatever strength was left in his malnourished body.
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The most dangerous attacks are those that undermine your perceived strength.
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That had to give them an enormous reservoir of moral strength and solace.
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Fidel jumped out and hopped into the ocean without getting wet.
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They are stories of persecution and triumph, adversity and strength.
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The heat of drunkenness is the stumblingblock of the fool, lessening strength and causing wounds.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
The manifest annoyance of her household was thus easily accounted for, but he marveled at the strength of her bodyguard.
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To be wiser than other men is to be honester than they; and strength of mind is only courage to see and speak the truth.
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He turned to the gentle accents of his sweet Alice, breathed in a letter which had been wet with her grateful tears.
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For of sadness cometh death, and it overwhelmeth the strength, and the sorrow of the heart boweth down the neck.
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