Example Sentences

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Step by step did he proceed, Nerved by valor, not by greed, And at last the crowning deed Undertook.

From Complete Poetical Works by Harte, Bret

Nerved by despair, he set out and pushed his way resolutely through the heavy drifts.172 The way was long, and it seemed to him that he would never accomplish it.

From Inventors by Hubert, Philip Gengembre

Nerved up, she ran through the broken door.

From The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)

Nerved by the resolution of that woman, I reached the shore in safety.

From Diary in America, Series Two by Marryat, Frederick

Nerved to receive a scourge of maledictions or a blow the culprit waited.

From Walter and the Wireless by Stecher, William F. (William Frederick)