mettle
Example Sentences
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He pioneered a style whereby callers had to be on their mettle because he was known to treat them in the same way he would treat a politician.
From BBC
Kathryn Hahn and Paul Giamatti shine as two New York creative types whose attempts to start a family — by adoption, by fertilization, by whatever it takes — test the mettle of their relationships and sanity.
From New York Times
For others, it was less clear that the United States was proving its mettle.
From New York Times
Instead, Mr. Pence described his own actions that day in certifying Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory as a decisive moment that proved his mettle, and Mr. Trump’s actions that day as disqualifying.
From New York Times
“That showed the kind of mettle we have and what these guys are made of.”
From Washington Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
