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Meanings of mettle in English
Usage of mettle in English
1
He's extremely strong. Ligety said his opponents kept him on his mettle.
2
He looked very handsome; mettle and purpose were roused in him fully.
3
His son has yet to prove his mettle on the political stage.
4
Wade said Handscomb's contributions to a strong Victorian side showed his mettle.
5
His mettle must be tried in the school of patience and drudgery.
6
The major general there, Richard Shirreff, seemed to have the required mettle.
7
And so every man in the race is put on his mettle.
8
The first is the true mettle of its chief executive Dermot Mannion.
9
His followers would have several hundred people to test their mettle upon.
10
In the afternoon, Laura was again called on to prove her mettle.
11
Batouch, resigned to the inevitable, had put the cook upon his mettle.
12
But you have shown more mettle than I gave you credit for.
13
The crew is on its mettle by now, and the train stops.
14
But it only had the effect of putting her on her mettle.
15
In the first place, I know Tom was a lad of mettle.
16
I finally snap at Cruise, who, in his response, demonstrates his mettle.
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Mettle through the time
Mettle across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common