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How to use nerved in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word nerved? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
I was a little alarmed by her at first, but later nerved myself to argue with her.
Again she nerved herself to search him over, hoping to and finding his I.D. tag.
I nerved myself and glanced down at the knife through my leg.
Had I not been nerved by thoughts of other dead, and of the living over whom hung such a pall of fear, I could not have gone on.
It depends on whether we are united and at peace, with our souls and bodies nerved for the communal effort of creating a great Patria.
Winston poured out nearly a teacupful, nerved himself for a shock, and gulped it down like a dose of medicine.
The human retina is nerved by fine blood vessels which give this red eye appearance when using a flash.
But after I'd dragged myself out of bed this afternoon and nerved myself to replay what I somehow knew was bound to be bad news, I pressed the button and heard.
He started playing the drums when he was 4 years old and nerved his mother by destroying their cooking pots by using them as his first drums.
Then Eder, a brilliant forward with a reputation for fierce shooting, ran at goalkeeper Alan Rough, who nerved himself to deal with a powerful shot.
By a remote control every single engine can be separated at the head and permits the quick and easy ones to roll up and unroll of the desired background without nerved move from the chains.
Less a teen-age Rangerphile than an arachnophobe encountering a tarantula, I nerved myself to walk over to where Lindsay sat and confronted him, boy to man.
Strong structure in round section profiles settled with TIG procedure, at 2 shelves in plate nerved with ashled folding along the whole circumference.
The liquor nerved up several of the men after their icy march.
Examples from Classical Literature
But, nerved as he was by desperation, he found the task greater than he could compass.
Exactly what to do was a poser, but finally he nerved himself for another squeeze.
It ran from soul to soul like electric fire, and nerved the arm of thousands to fight in the holy cause of Freedom.
It was a hard struggle with him to make new advances, now, but he nerved himself to it and entered.
The flowers are a satiny white, delicately nerved, and nearly 3in.
Finding what was coming, I nerved myself up, feeling it would never do to stop work.
It is one of the neuropterous tribe, or those with nerved wings.
Only the thought of Redfield and the chief nerved him for the long vigil.
He, who was more delicately coordinated, more finely nerved and strung than any of them, had no nerves of this sort.
A quick conception of all that this accusation meant for her nerved her with unwonted courage to deny it.
Every pulse in her quickened at the thought, with an animating shame that nerved her to go on.
He had long nerved himself to the sacrifice, however, and the thought of the honour and happiness of his daughter outweighed any regret at his ruined fortunes.
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