Sentence examples for academic mettle from inspiring English sources

No one's going to appraise his academic mettle — or, later, his professional aimlessness — if they're focused on his pink overalls, his fake pearl necklace, his dangling rhinestone earrings.

It is the sequel to Trial by Battle, 1337-1348 a sufficiently overlooked beat in history to confirm his academic mettle.

Major pharmaceutical companies continue to invest in infrastructure and to develop links with the academic and biotech communities, making the UK an attractive location for biomedical researchers to test their mettle.

It tested his mettle.

Test his mettle.

Show your mettle, bogger.

It tested his mettle nonetheless.

Your mettle, or your luck?

Our mettle has been tested.

He showed his mettle today.

And his mettle to try.