steeling

Example Sentences

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The challenge of steeling Taiwan against a blockade starts with energy, in particular the liquefied natural gas used to generate nearly half of Taiwan’s electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 8, 2025

Parents spend months steeling themselves to face an empty nest.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025

And with the advanced warning, their fans globally had been steeling themselves for this moment.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023

Six months after Evan Gershkovich was arrested by Russian security services, accused of espionage and sent to a notoriously harsh Moscow prison, his family is steeling for an indeterminable wait.

From New York Times • Sep. 29, 2023

When I had replaced it I would lie down again on the smelly straw, steeling myself for the bawling out I knew would come.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom