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
Our spirit, however, was not put to the proof.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
His courage had been put to the proof in more than a score of battles.
From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by Kidd, James Harvey
He knew the temper of both nations; and already during his two years’ chaplaincy at Berwick, he had seen his scheme put to the proof.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
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
