mettle

Example Sentences

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While that may be unfashionable in today’s world of prediction markets, cryptocurrencies, and highflying artificial-intelligence bets, Vanguard Wellington has long proven its mettle and is likely to keep doing so.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Newcastle showed their mettle to see the game out, which felt timely before Wednesday's trip to the Nou Camp.

From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026

Fighting talk from his players about the introspection sessions they have put themselves through since the implosions of the autumn were words that were not acted upon when the first test of their mettle arrived.

From BBC • Feb. 7, 2026

Held once every four years, often in finicky environments, pressurized with all that hype, they’re less a measure of consistency than they are of momentary mettle.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

But now that he was being mentored by a scythe, he began to feel he might have the mettle to be one.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman