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

Now the man that had the second-sight was to be tried; it was now to be put to the proof if he could tell names or no?

From The History of the Life and Adventures of Mr. Duncan Campell A Gentlen, who, tho' Deaf and Dumb, Writes down any Stranger's name at first Sight; by Defoe, Daniel

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

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

Time back it had seemed so easy a task, that of keeping his wife and children; but, put to the proof, how difficult.

From Mad A Story of Dust and Ashes by Fenn, George Manville