Nerving

Nerving himself by a long and intense effort, he sat down in his study and wrote as follows:

Under the Greenwood Tree 2006

Nerving myself with the thought that if I got crushed by the fall I should probably escape a lingering and far more painful death, I dropped into the cloud of foliage beneath me and clutched desperately at the twigs as I fell.

Green Mansions 2004

Nerving himself for another trial, the bewildered man turned toward the north and walked into the very teeth of the storm, searching for the lost trail.

The Wind Before the Dawn Dell H. Munger

Nerving himself for a final effort, he lays his hand upon the door and pushes it open.

The Haunted Chamber A Novel

Nerving myself for one grand effort, I breasted the current, and, to my joy, found I was nearing the rock; striking out with the strength of despair

Seven and Nine years Among the Camanches and Apaches An Autobiography Edwin Eastman

Nerving myself to the dreadful necessity, I disjointed my fingers and fell exhausted to the ground.

Woman on the American Frontier William Worthington Fowler

Nerving himself by a powerful effort, he advanced among his guests.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 Various

Nerving herself by an almost superhuman effort, her phantom-haunted soul standing at bay, she approached the table, and began, in a voice but slightly broken, the reading of her melancholy soliloquy.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 23, September, 1859 Various

Nerving himself to endure the worst, he gazed sternly and steadily at his visitors.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 Various

Nerving herself with a strong effort she tapped with trembling fingers and, at the sound of an answering voice, went in.

The Shadow of the East