steeling

Example Sentences

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Steeling your spine for these times requires looking outward at the market rather than inward at your own portfolio.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2022

Steeling himself for his best friend’s demise and for the pain of that friend’s family in the aftermath.

From Washington Post • Sep. 24, 2020

Steeling our resolve—this time, really, we mean it—is, of course, a lot different than putting steel on target.

From Time • Jun. 13, 2016

Steeling himself, he lowered his legs over the edge of the bed until the soles of his feet touched the floor.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 21, 2013

Steeling his nerves, he tapped his spear against the stone ground, then planted his left foot on the very edge of the Cliff and jumped, catapulting up and into the twilight air.

From "The Maze Runner" by James Dashner