Sentence examples for considerable mettle from inspiring English sources

The BBC Symphony Chorus showed their considerable mettle in the Polovtsian Dances from Borodin's Prince Igor, but you would not have guessed from the recent works by Jonathan Dove and Michael Torke that the Proms can be a staunch supporter of challenging new music as well as the more instantly palatable stuff.

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.

Now America feels on its mettle.

"He has the mettle for it.

He showed his mettle today.

And his mettle to try.