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mettled

/ ˈmɛtəld; ˈmɛtəlsəm /

adjective

His mettled horse caracoled under his touch with a grace that made a long "Ah!"

Now Roger is off for his ride, mounted on his mettled charger.

No one could imagine Mrs. Stickles seated in a finely-upholstered sleigh and driving a high-mettled horse.

Have you seen the kick and tug at the straps of the mettled pony in stables that betrays the mishandling of him by his groom?

Eight hundred lion-mettled and noble sons of Britain have fallen by the side of thirty thousand of their own brave soldiers!

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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