mettled
Example Sentences
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In the same moment, the mettled Kurt found himself lying at full length without the door, and seeking for a tooth or two which had dropped from him in this rapid transit.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
Without discovery Si and Shorty made their way to a covert within an easy 50 yards of where the horseman sat rather uneasily on a fine, mettled animal.
From Si Klegg, Book 3 (of 6) Si And Shorty Meet Mr. Rosenbaum, The Spy, Who Relates His Adventures by John McElroy
I loved to look on him, chafing and fretting like his own mettled charger, he was so handsome!
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Charles James Lever
My people swear he is mettled in all gentle arts, from the manage of horses to the casting of a falcon.”
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
This answer put the mettled Kurt into some perplexity; and tuned him to another key.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
