Sentence examples for mettle at from inspiring English sources

He proved his mettle at the park when the other dogs came over to sniff him where dogs tend to sniff each other.

By coincidence, Ann had been Laughton's secretary, and, just as she had done with Laughton, she tested my mettle at every point till she was convinced that I was serious and my intentions were honourable.

Mr. Hadow, 41, a professional guide for people seeking to test their mettle at either pole, left Ward Hunt Island, near a Canadian base that is the world's northernmost human settlement, on March 17.

Tall, spare and bespectacled, he is the very image of a mild-mannered accountant, but Pennycook is one of the UK's most experienced turnaround specialists, who has proved his mettle at a string of struggling companies.

But what is now on the minds of many are the dozens of people who have lined up behind him and have, out of nowhere, got to prove their political mettle at a time of crisis.

A native of Duluth, Minn., she proved her mettle at 22 by stepping in for an ailing Dorothy Gish to star in "The Bride the Sun Shines On" in New York.

She worked as a reporter at Screen International before deciding to retrain at Leith's School of Food and Wine, after which she tested her mettle as a chef at Ottolenghi in Islington.

Nixon shows her mettle when, at court, she stands up to her usurping uncle with fiery independence.

Delia, meanwhile, thinks the real test of a scone-maker's mettle comes at the very last minute: "don't roll [the dough] any thinner than 2.5cm" she cautions, "and push, don't twist the cutter".

How they respond over the next couple of months will prove or disprove their mettle, and at this juncture a rather important question needs to be asked: how on earth did the International Tennis Federation, the game's supposed guardian, allow Sharapova to step in front of it and reveal she failed her test?

He showed some mettle this week and at least he managed to shove his way into that dinner at Downing Street.