Nerved Sentence Examples

nerved

  • The pathos of the Children's Crusade of 1212 only nerved him to fresh efforts.

    8
    1

  • She undoubtedly nerved the French at a critical time, and inspired an army of laggards and pillagers with a fanatical enthusiasm, comparable with that of Cromwell's Puritans.

    1
    1

  • The ill success of Die Weltalter nerved him to new efforts, and he repeated his views in Katechismus des Rechts (1852), Grundlinen einer Wissenschaft der Natur (1864), Seele and Geist (1871), and numerous other books, which, however, met with no better fate.

    0
    1
    Advertisement

Browse other sentences examples

The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.

Related Articles

  • Parts of the Brain: A Glossary of 50 Terms

    Have you ever wondered what is inside your brain? There are so many regions and sections it's a surprise they can all fit. This glossary will help you understand which parts actually matter in all that gray matter.

  • Eggcorn Examples: Faulty Phrases That Still Make Scents

    It's not uncommon for someone who hears a word said out loud to confuse it with another word that sounds similar (or even identical) when spoken. When this happens, the result is what linguists would call an eggcorn. Someone hearing the word "acorn" for the first time could actually think the speaker is saying "eggcorn," so this term that has no other meaning has come to be used to describe this phenomenon.

Also Mentioned In

Words near nerved in the Dictionary