Synonym: courage, nerve, pluck, spirit, spunk, stamina. Similar words: settle, settle for, settle down, settlement, little by little, little, rattle, cattle. Meaning: ['metl] 
n. the courage to carry on.
n. the courage to carry on. 
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1, Mettle is dangerous in a blind horse. 
2, She showed her mettle by winning in spite of her handicap.
3, Both players were on their mettle in the final round.
4, The German athletes showed/proved their mettle in the final round.
5, We'll have to be on our mettle from the start.
6, The next race will put him on his mettle.
7, You'll be on your mettle during the training period.
8, She really showed her mettle under pressure.
9, He'll have to be on his mettle if he wants to win the next race.
10, The real test of her political mettle came in the May elections.
11, His first important chance to show his mettle came when he opened the new session of the Legislature.
12, The team will be on their mettle for the big game.
13, Crises will strew his path to test his mettle.
14, He had been on his mettle throughout.
15, Variations in response put you on your mettle.
16, Houston is the only team with proven playoff mettle.
17, Frazer's disciple, Malinowski,(http://sentencedict.com/mettle.html) was of a very different mettle.
18, He thinks this keeps him on his mettle, but it often leaves him at a loss for the right word.
19, The best place to test a motorcycle's mettle is on a twisty mountain road.
20, When the boss comes round, I want you all to show your mettle.
21, The school inspection is going to put the teachers on their mettle.
22, The next game will be a real test of their mettle.
23, Cooking for such important people really puts you on your mettle.
24, This was just his way of keeping me on my mettle.
25, Neither barber, in their tight-fitting tee shirts and faded bathing trunks[sentencedict.com], appeared lacking in backbone or mettle.
26, He was an outstanding fighter pilot who proved his mettle in a variety of tough assignments, including two wars.
27, Graham led a lovely rib, slabby and clean, though it didn't test our mettle too severely.
28, Louis Armstrong and Bunny Berigan may have been trumpet talents of a similar mettle but there the resemblance stopped.
29, If Labour wins on Thursday, it is likely that the markets will test the mettle of Mr Smith.
30, It is in the treatment of the upper torso that the artist really shows his mettle.
More similar words: settle, settle for, settle down, settlement, little by little, little, rattle, cattle, shuttle, scuttle, brittle, a little, bottled, prattle, unsettling, get the better of, petty, letter, outlet, palette, better, ghetto, pretty, pettish, get together, setting, title, subtle, comet, vendetta.