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
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
The various pieces having been thus severely put to the proof, they were spliced end to end, and the joints or splicings tested.
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
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
And I doubt not, my dearest madam, that these generous feelings will be put to the proof, for ...
From The Widow Barnaby Vol. II (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
