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It required some resolution and a "steeled" mind for Father Damien to give himself in early manhood to the service of a leper-struck island, living amid, and dying of, the foul disease which he set out to tend.

Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886

If ever I knew a man whose resolution was "steeled," it was this honoured friend of my early manhood, and the steeling power was simply love.

Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886

I am only too painfully aware that we live just now in conditions in which love must take the aspect of severity; in which the mind must be "steeled" and the resolution "set" for a solemn work of international justice.

Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886

A determined expression steeled Cenarius’s bearded countenance.

THE SUNDERING RICHARD A. KNAAK 2005

"steeled" into hardness by the deep, though perhaps unuttered, desire to repay an insult or avenge an injury.

Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences George William Erskine Russell 1886

Rabbi Max Heller, a leader of American Reform Judaism, wrote in 1911 that Jews, as “men who have been steeled in the furnace of persecution . . . ought to lend an uplifting hand to the weak fellow-man.”

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Dave Simms also opts out of full-body screening and recently steeled himself for the aggressive pat-down at a Boston checkpoint by spreading his legs and raising his arms.

Aiming to Balance Security and Convenience Scott McCartney 2011

For all the curiosity she could not help but feel, she steeled herself in the pride of those who are without pride, and trembled in the inner room like a maid on the first caress of a lover.

THE SCORN OF WOMEN 2010

I had steeled myself to brazen it out, though I was trembling inwardly; but the enormous strength of the man was too much for my fortitude.

Chapter 9 2010

I steeled myself to the fact that I must discuss my privation with my employer, and did so one evening after work.

How I Made My Fortune Paul Steven Stone 2012