noun
Examples of gumption in a Sentence
I want to put a little gumption into what we do!
But I hope I'd have the gumption not to rationalize my actions by pretending I believed what I did was right.
He knew full well that they did not have the gumption to test anything.
Mix a little sincerity and gumption in your hard-line approach, and perhaps you'll get somewhere and not antagonize others.
He criticized us for ` lacking the gumption ' to find things to do.
The paper-a simple, four-page affair launched under the moniker The Daily Dramatic Chronicle-was started by Charles and Michael DeYoung on January 16, 1865 with a lot of gumption and a little help from a relative.
Dave has always been an average Joe with little gumption to change things up.
However, it takes some gumption to choose an underachieving local side, because they are nearer home than nearer to the Champions League.
Gumption from the local procurator fiscal would help, eg telling complainants to stop wasting police time and taxpayers ' money.
Yes, now it's something new -- use a little gumption!
Overall, it got a B+ grade, but viewers tended to be put off by the lack of realism and gumption in it.
Over its lifetime, the battery may lose some of the gumption to keep a full charge, so picking up an extra battery might be beneficial.