mettle

Preposition: of

• man: THE SPIRIT OF THE MAN celebrates the mettle of a man whose footballing achievements and eccentricity endeared him to a nation.

Converse of object

• test: The first two days of the strike tested the mettle of both sides.
• show: Here Barabas shows greater mettle than his enemy, who is prepared to run to Sicily to save his life.
• have: However, Connolly believes that the whole Bath Rugby squad have the mettle to turn things around.
• try: Among the earliest and most curious forms of amusements in Wales, was that of " trying the mettle " of the young men.
• grasp: I don't mean apathy really, they just haven't grasped the mettle yet, never mind.
• lack: In too many cases its censors appear to have been lacking the mettle to deal robustly with the film industry's nastier output.

Preposition: against

• champion: Test your mettle against contemporary champions with puzzles that were worked out under tournament conditions by three top solvers.

Adjective modifier

• true: This was when Bob's true mettle began to show.
• ethical: Prove your ethical mettle, Co-op, clear the shelves of factory farmed ducks immediately!
• own: The National Youth Choir of Scotland - celebrating its tenth birthday this year - revealed its own mettle in the Bernstein.
• more: Some show more mettle in the face of death, while others become paralyzed from fear.
• defensive: This formation definitely has the defensive mettle to shut teams up.
• intellectual: Mr Brennan and Hepworth started the year, testing our intellectual mettle and general knowledge with a House quiz.

Modifies a noun

• quot: Strident tune if the masters a mettle quot when of the world's.