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Definition of the day : « mettle »

  • noun boldness, strength of character
Example sentences :
  • They'll be on their mettle, the both of 'em, more 'specially Diablo.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • The assistant was on his mettle, and either failed or triumphed.
  • Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
  • This set me on my mettle, and I worked hard and with some success.
  • Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
  • Yet you have heart and mettle, I believe, else you would not be here.'
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • We think that it is a mistake to put our artists on their mettle in this way.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, December 9, 1914 » by Various
  • The old man, despite this unexpected fall, was just beginning to show his mettle.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Equally true is it that he tests the mettle of those with him day by day.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • Now it was six to six and he knew the mettle of the three recruits that had joined the miners.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
  • It put the British major on his mettle to keep pace with him.
  • Extract from : « Camping with President Roosevelt » by John Burroughs
  • I had now an opportunity of seeing what kind of mettle my friends were made of.
  • Extract from : « Hair Breadth Escapes » by T. S. Arthur