Example Sentences

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I began to feel that I had made my last effort, and I was nerving myself for another stroke when my hand touched something hard.

From The Golden Magnet by Fenn, George Manville

Inwardly she was nerving herself to face the hard part of her duty, and to remind Barton of the mystery in her life.

From The Mark Of Cain by Lang, Andrew

He suddenly saw that she must have sustained some blow; that her luster was a fevered glitter sad and terrible, and that she was nerving herself to some ordeal.

From Ewing\'s Lady by Wilson, Harry Leon

The Parson was nerving himself for the meeting, but would not allow that he was in the least degree afraid.

From Parson Kelly by Lang, Andrew

He scarcely spoke a word, for he was nerving himself for the meeting with his mother, and felt annoyed that she, too, was mixed up in this affair.

From On the Heights A Novel by Auerbach, Berthold