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Meanings of sterner stuff in English

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Usage of sterner stuff in English
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The western Liberals were of sterner stuff; they stood to their guns.
Laurier: A Study in Canadian Politics
2
The volunteer assigned to The Irish Times,however, was made of sterner stuff.
The Irish Times
3
But the king was made of sterner stuff than his friend imagined.
The Hot Swamp
4
And surely an artificial body was made of sterner stuff than me.
Red Planet Blues
5
But Sheridan, with all his failings, was of sterner stuff than Beaumarchais.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Vol...
6
Ignatius was built of sterner stuff than most had given him credit for.
The adventures of button
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The Stoic was of sterner stuff, and he chose to travel another path.
An Introduction to Philosophy
8
J Oldeaker, you are clearly made of sterner stuff than our usual correspondents.
The Guardian
9
She thought me made of sterner stuff than I really was.
The Lock and Key Library: the Most Interesting Stories of All Na...
10
Knox himself was built of sterner stuff, and was not to be frightened.
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 2
11
His grandfather, Akbar, the other great Agra builder, was made of sterner stuff.
Roving East and Roving West
12
The other one, Yvonne Carstairs, is apparently made of sterner stuff.
End of Watch
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She had always prided herself on being made of sterner stuff than that.
The devil wears plaid
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The augmented armor of an ultrapede was made of sterner stuff.
Emperor Mollusk Versus the Sinister Brain
15
He should have realized that Kelly was made of sterner stuff.
Michael's discovery
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They looked upon themselves as of bolder, sterner stuff than the rest of us.
African Camp Fires
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Sterner stuff through the time
Sterner stuff across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common