put to the proof
Example Sentences
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These statements of intent will shortly be put to the proof.
From Forbes • Oct. 15, 2013
Taitsong's new army was soon put to the proof.
From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles
The various pieces having been thus severely put to the proof, they were spliced end to end, and the joints or splicings tested.
From Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science by Fyfe, J. Hamilton
His courage had been put to the proof in more than a score of battles.
From Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman With Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade in the Civil War by Kidd, James Harvey
Since the great war they had never seriously been put to the proof; and during the three last decades they had only been altered in the most trifling details.
From Jena or Sedan? by Beyerlein, Franz
