Through fortitude, persistence and sheer grit, he paid off his account!

Possessing no real super powers, the Carrot wins the day through sheer grit, raw determination, blinding stupidity, and bizarre luck.

Meanwhile, the Bills are getting by on sheer grit.

It engenders work ethic, time management, academic conviction, a strong grasp of an enormous breadth of knowledge and sheer grit.

Through some combination of genetics, life style choices, luck and sheer grit, they have outlived their peers and often their own children.

And, to someone with Marc's undoubted ambition and sheer grit, he probably seems hopelessly in need of a helping hand.

The question was not only rhetorical, but a facade, sheer grit.

Looking around, I saw that witch woman, looking like nothing but a tired girl, just sagging in the saddle and hanging on by sheer grit.

They always found a way to win, often through sheer grit and stamina, sometimes through sheer luck.

In the first place, we admired the sheer grit of the people we saw calmly rebuilding their livelihoods.