Example Sentences

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After England trounced Spain at home last weekend, Dow is expecting a bracing evening in south-west France, one that will steel a near full-strength side for challenges to come.

From BBC • Aug. 9, 2025

It’s scoldy: “I hope my words will steel the reader against not only the regrettable conditions of our time but also against any form of coddling.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2022

Cordova, a 55-year-old executive assistant and data manager, said she will steel herself to head to her new desk inside the renovated building.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2015

Sooner or later, the lure of profit will steel the nerves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Louisa, I will steel my soul to meet him!

From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas