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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

They were still resolute, and strangely calm, because he had nerved himself not to flinch before this strutting popinjay.

From The Day of Wrath A Story of 1914 by Tracy, Louis

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

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

Mr Hampton was quite right; Gertrude had nerved herself to the sacrifice, and looked forward to the wedding-day, although with apprehension, still with something akin to eagerness.

From The Mynns' Mystery by Fenn, George Manville