was steeling
- past progressive of steel.
Example Sentences
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On Thursday evening, Ms. Rodgers was steeling herself to return to work the next day.
From New York Times ● Aug. 30, 2020
“I was steeling myself up for maybe one person to come back positive,” the fire chief said.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 6, 2020
Christine Rayburn in Olympia was steeling herself for the months of chemotherapy to come: staying inside her home and even avoiding contact with her adult daughters, to avoid any possible exposure to the coronavirus.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 8, 2020
Tokarczuk herself was outside: crowds make her anxious, and she was steeling herself.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 29, 2019
My reader is too intelligent not to divine that she was steeling herself to a terrible interview with Zoe Vizard—terrible mainly on account of the anguish she knew she must inflict.
From A Woman-Hater by Reade, Charles
