had nerved
- past perfect of nerve.
Example Sentences
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Her father, a Texas oil engineer who had nerved himself to attend only at the last minute, cheered wildly.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had silenced the querulous Forget-Not, was waking the echoes with the same thunders that had nerved France to resist the foe.
From Orphans of the Storm by MacMahon, Henry
If he had nerved himself against all its terrors, he was at least checked and governed at every turn by the public opinion which it had created.
From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole
You!” gasped the Viscount; and Brace gazed wonderingly at the pitiable fear evinced by his opponent, who had nerved himself into standing upright, and now retained his position in almost a cataleptic state.
From The Sapphire Cross by Fenn, George Manville
He had nerved himself to die, and now that he was safe, he felt sick and faint, and would have fallen if he had not been supported.
From Raiding with Morgan by Dunn, Byron A. (Byron Archibald)
