steeled

Example Sentences

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Tanker driver Baba steeled himself for yet another perilous journey from Ivory Coast to Mali loaded up with desperately needed fuel -- and fear.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

The annihilation of George Armstrong Custer and the larger part of his Seventh Cavalry steeled the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Determined not to be blindsided a second time, I steeled myself for the return of this relentless specter in 2024.

From Salon • Nov. 18, 2024

Still McVay, perhaps shell-shocked from the previous weeks, steeled himself for a possible change.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2024

He steeled himself to ask the most important one.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer