put to the proof

Example Sentences

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These statements of intent will shortly be put to the proof.

From Forbes • Oct. 15, 2013

Well, well, Sir Roger, your offers shall soon be put to the proof.

From The Gipsy (Vols I & II) A Tale by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)

It was a lonesome day, indeed, when their mettle was not put to the proof in a skirmish with either Kershaw or Breckinridge.

From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by Kidd, James Harvey

When was your voice heard in the Forum? when has your counsel been put to the proof? when did you do any service either in peace or war?

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

But it was just those eyes which displeased Jessie, for she felt instinctively that her whole character was being put to the proof by them.

From Partners A Novel. by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)