steel oneself
Example Sentences
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One would steel oneself against the fallacy that art, true art, might exist only for art's sake, when one had read "Sesame and Lilies" and "The Stones of Venice."
From Confessions of a Book-Lover by Maurice Francis Egan
The youngster was right in the front now, and one had to steel oneself to the possibilities of the case.
From Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The temptation is to acquiesce in a sort of gentle cynicism, to take what one can get, to avoid as far as possible all deep attachments, all profound hopes, to steel oneself in indifference.
From The Altar Fire by Arthur Christopher Benson
Yet the coast had a subtle charm, against which it was prudent to steel oneself.
From Wyndham's Pal by Harold Bindloss
