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Definition of "mettled" [met•tled]

  • Having mettle or high spirits; ardent. (adjective)

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Use "mettled" in a sentence
  • "Sadly by the end of season three the network had mettled so much with the show that it was barely a shade of its former self."
  • "The motherly, but coarse kindness of Dame Glendinning, and the doating fondness of her old domestic, seemed now the only kind feeling of which she formed the object; and she could not but reflect how little these were to be compared with the devoted attachment of a high-souled youth, whom the least glance of her eye could command, as the high-mettled steed is governed by the bridle of the rider."
  • "Well was it that night for Mowbray, that he had always piqued himself on his horses, and that the animal on which he was then mounted was as sure-footed and sagacious as he was mettled and fiery."
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