Get to know Mettle better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like heart or nerve.
Mettle meaning
- A quality of courage and endurance.
- Good temperament and character.
- Obsolete spelling of metal (“metallic substance”).
Using Mettle
- The main meaning on this page is: A quality of courage and endurance. | Good temperament and character. | Obsolete spelling of metal (“metallic substance”).
- Useful related words include: heart, nerve, spunk, courage.
- In the example corpus, mettle often appears in combinations such as: his mettle, their mettle, mettle and.
Context around Mettle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mettle
- In this selection, "mettle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heavy, moral, serious, solidifying, comes and once stand out and add context to how "mettle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include heavy mettle comes to and lot of mettle away from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mettle" sits close to words such as airbags, akure and aman, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mettle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Heavy Mettle comes to Rainbow Six Siege on August 29. (10 words)
He has proved his mettle as an actor by delivering powerful performances. (12 words)
I proved my mettle there before resigning to contest the primary election. (12 words)
Having said that, Gilroy has proven his mettle as both a writer and showrunner, and he has a team of equally talented storytellers helping him conclude Cassian’s on-screen journey, so there’s also a very real chance that they’ll pull it off spectacularly. (46 words)
As for Bieniemy, the only thing he can do at this stage is either remain loyal to the Chiefs and stay in place or else take on a new challenge to further prove his mettle. (35 words)
Following his remarkable journey from a regional town to the national stage, Mr Michalski tested his mettle against prodigies from across the nation during the three-day competition from August 17 to 19. (33 words)
Instead, Ford studies the moral mettle of Lincoln from a functional perspective: How does someone become a beloved member of a community? (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
As for Bieniemy, the only thing he can do at this stage is either remain loyal to the Chiefs and stay in place or else take on a new challenge to further prove his mettle.
But even as that event waned, Costco proved its mettle, solidifying its position as a consumer essential amid worsening economic conditions.
Denver showed its mettle and climbed back into the game in front of a juiced Footprint Center crowd.
Following his remarkable journey from a regional town to the national stage, Mr Michalski tested his mettle against prodigies from across the nation during the three-day competition from August 17 to 19.
Having said that, Gilroy has proven his mettle as both a writer and showrunner, and he has a team of equally talented storytellers helping him conclude Cassian’s on-screen journey, so there’s also a very real chance that they’ll pull it off spectacularly.
Heavy Mettle comes to Rainbow Six Siege on August 29.
He described cancer as "a travel companion" that he hoped would eventually leave him in peace, after testing his mettle.
He has proved his mettle as an actor by delivering powerful performances.
Instead, Ford studies the moral mettle of Lincoln from a functional perspective: How does someone become a beloved member of a community?
I proved my mettle there before resigning to contest the primary election.
It needs courage, nerve, and mettle to defeat totalitarianism hence the dire need to embrace dangerous freedom against the perpetual incarceration of Job Saro Wiwa Sikhala.
It was only Na Fianna’s second victory of the campaign but they showed serious mettle in the closing stages to overhaul a four-point deficit against a gallant Moortown.
Let me commend the Election Petition Tribunal for proving their mettle once again by upholding the virtues of justice, fair play and responsibility.
Meanwhile, Ceniza a silver medalist in the men’s 61-kilogram division of the SEA Games earlier this year will test his mettle against 10 other competitors in his weight division.
Netting made from mettle cables is visible above a creek in Montecito, California, on Thursday, Jan 12, 2023.
Rebecca has the ability to coax Hal’s release with mere mettle and highly specific choices in line delivery.
Renowned actor Tejaswini Kolhapure has time and again proved her mettle as an actor in various films.
Test your mettle in the new “drive a rally car experience” (£40), which puts drivers through their paces on the event’s formidable gravel rally stage.
The assumption that the audience knows everything and that we don’t need to explain takes a whole lot of mettle away from Operation Fortune.
Their journey to the playoffs, now more challenging, will be closely watched to see if they can overcome these setbacks and prove their mettle in the postseason.
Common combinations with mettle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- his mettle 27×
- their mettle 20×
- mettle and 10×
- mettle as 10×
- mettle in 10×
- the mettle 8×
- mettle of 7×
- her mettle 7×
- its mettle 5×
- mettle against 4×