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
Speidel-R�ttmann's strength is now to be put to the proof.
From Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. I. by Auerbach, Berthold
The judgment and circumspection of Washington were never more severely put to the proof.
From The Student's Life of Washington; Condensed from the Larger Work of Washington Irving For Young Persons and for the Use of Schools by Irving, Washington
But she immediately recovered her impassibility of features—that wonderful calmness and innocent expression which afterwards was so severely put to the proof without 155 being shaken—and she asked, with apparent unconcern:
From John Leech, His Life and Work. Vol. 1 by Frith, William Powell
Until the date he was so good as to refer to, it shall be put to the proof no more.”
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
