Sentence examples for Steel oneself from inspiring English sources
verb
To concentrate in preparation for a rigorous or possibly painful task (e.g. a boxer steeling himself for a match)
Maybe Romanians are a more patient people, or we're seeing the remnants of a culture where, not all that long ago, one had to steel oneself from overt expression, lest the unwelcome interest of the Securitate be drawn.
This association with many types of boys and men I found very helpful as we had a fine spirit of camaraderies in the drafting room and many a helping hand was given me at a critical moment, though one had to steel oneself to hear many a severe criticism, which was perhaps even more valuable".
It's one unlike the typical sense of melancholy, the sense of steeling oneself for the dark and twisted turns of the series.
Preparation: Steeling oneself, as by reducing expectations, to re-visit settings that have in the past seen violations of dignity.
On the plus side, the business of busting into bank vaults through enormous circular steel doors, substituting security videotapes and lowering oneself on steel wires past infra-red security beams is as watchable as ever.
Another popular strategy is "shielding": picturing oneself sealed inside an impenetrably emotion-deflecting substance: a fiberglass bubble, say, or spiked steel or a hazmat suit.
Religion means understanding oneself.
"One must show oneself deserving," he said.
The craft one learns oneself.
The heaven was being oneself.
Is it possible to smack down oneself?
