nerve
noun
one or more bundles of fibers forming part of a system that conveys impulses of sensation, motion, etc., between the brain or spinal cord and other parts of the body.
had nerved
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past perfectof nerve.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
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
Clara was pale but calm; one could see at a glance that the poor girl was prepared for the worst, and had nerved her gentle heart to bear it with patience.
From Hidden Hand by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
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 Henry MacMahon
When the hour of separation came, she had nerved herself to the highest courage of which she was capable.
From The Freedmen's Book by Lydia Maria Francis Child
As she entered the room, in which he awaited her coming, a tremor agitated his frame, but he had nerved himself for the interview, and speedily subdued the feeling.
From Guy Fawkes or The Gunpowder Treason by William Harrison Ainsworth
