innerve
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of innerve
Example Sentences
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Columnist Max Lerner, who characterizes himself as a hard-nosed liberal, commended President Johnson for "showing iron nerve and flexibility together," but argued that "he needs to do more as educator."
From Time Magazine Archive
To this deadly contest of wills, 51-year-old Communist Gomulka brought the twin advantages of an iron nerve and an unpleasantly intimate knowledge of Moscow's methods.
From Time Magazine Archive
It took an iron nerve to hold out when on every side there was clamor for haste.
From Time Magazine Archive
With unrest seething hotter and hotter all over India it was no mean proof of Baron Irwin's iron nerve and fitness for the post of Viceroy that the saintnapping was accomplished with such masterly finesse.
From Time Magazine Archive
I could see by the tremulous light that even Van Helsing’s iron nerve had failed.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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