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How To Use mettle In A Sentence

• We shall want to see the warrior and, for all of our sakes, feel the mettle of the man. Times, Sunday Times
• Other pieces might show the company's mettle in less bombastic fare. Times, Sunday Times
• Although Kelly presents herself as uncomplicated and cheerful, every so often the public glimpse her true mettle.
• The actor was considered as a mettlesome dramatic performer.
• That's when you find out your true mettle: are you willing to do what must be done to maintain the theological integrity of the church? Christianity Today
• He was an outstanding fighter pilot who proved his mettle in a variety of tough assignments, including two wars.
• _Agility_ and _Nimbleness_; this renders the Limbs flexible and mettlesom, and adapts them for the most Vigorous Enterprize: It makes the languid and slothful, _brisk_ and _sprightful_; and rejects The School of Recreation (1684 edition) Or, The Gentlemans Tutor, to those Most Ingenious Exercises of Hunting, Racing, Hawking, Riding, Cock-fighting, Fowling, Fishing
• But they better show their mettle, given that reunification is around the corner.
• It is a challenge that will test the mettle, character and skills of business and politicians alike. Times, Sunday Times
• When you have a problem, people create a commission to look at it, because it may be mettlesome.