The schooner, like a mettled steed whose head is suddenly set free, was already in motion, and with gentle forward swaying leaps rising to the wave and gathering speed under her swelling sails.
But what was his surprise to see him galloping a mettled hunter about the racecourse, and to find he had expended the whole stock in this extraordinary purchase!
Hardly are they restrained by me, when their high-mettled spirit is {once} heated, and their necks struggle against the reins.
Wild elephants could he reclaim, And mettledsteeds could mount and tame.
Behind me comes a mighty train Wide spreading o’er the ample plain, Where every chief and captain leads Men, elephants, and mettled steeds.
As birds on rustling pinions fly Through regions of the darkened sky, Thus cars and mettled coursers through The crowded streets of Lanká flew.
Eleven thousand mettled steeds From famous lands, of noble breeds— These will I gladly give, O thou Devoted to each holy vow.
And here he presently beheld a great grey horse tethered to a tree hard by, a mettled steed that tossed its noble head and snuffed the fragrant air of morning, pawing at the earth with impatient hoof.
So she mounted, whereat themettled charger must needs rear, and Beltane, staggering aside, catch at a tree and lean there.
As the mettled Kurt observed the Knight come down, his own courage sank also, and along with it the pole-axe, wherewith he had so magnanimously hammered in the Saracenic skulls.
This answer put the mettled Kurt into some perplexity; and tuned him to another key.
The mettled Kurt soon hunted out a prophetic Gipsy, who by trade read fortunes from the hand and brow, and also had the talent of explaining dreams.
In the same moment, the mettled Kurt found himself lying at full length without the door, and seeking for a tooth or two which had dropped from him in this rapid transit.
Only the mettled Kurt had taken certain measures, which, in regard to their effect, might supply the place of miracles.
But to the mettled Kurt there came no wink of sleep, for he was by nature watchful like a bird of darkness; and though this gift had not belonged to him, his faithful care for his lord would have kept him waking.
This welcome from his once-loved helpmate was a sword's-thrust through the heart of the mettled Kurt; but the gall poured itself as a defence into his blood.
The mettled Kurt gave ready answer; and now rode along the streets at a soft pace, lest his horse's tramp might too soon betray the secret of his coming.
Not that I coveted the carriage with the two high-mettled bays.
It was therefore scarcely the carriage with the mettled bays for which my sighing heart was yearning.
Let each whet well His spear, brace well his shield, well feed his brisk High-mettled horses, well survey and search 460 His chariot on all sides, that no defect Disgrace his bright habiliments of war.
We have always thought that an impressive moral lesson was conveyed in the play of the High-mettled Racer.
From its swiftness in running, it had been purchased to run at celebrated horse-races, at which it had on several occasions won prizes, and its sprightliness obtained for it the name of the High-mettled Racer.
The unfortunate commander was in the situation of some bold, high-mettled cavalier, rushing to battle on a war-horse whose tottering joints threaten to give way under him at every step, and leave his rider to the mercy of his enemies!
Since I pledged myself To fight this cause, delay's as irksome to me, As to the mettled boy, contracted to The nymph he burns for, when cold blooded age Procrastinates the marriage ceremony.
A raw youth, captain, but a mettled one, I'll warrant him.
Metcalfs, on horses as mettled as their riders, to help put out this cursed fire of insurrection.
They were mettled thoroughbreds," he said huskily.
By hard stages, wakefulness o' nights, banter or the whiplash of his tongue by day, he had brought these high-mettled thoroughbreds into Oxford.
I shall be glad to give mettled colts their exercise.
Hazard in the open was healthy for these high-mettled lads, who were pining under the inaction of the siege.
Tis a mettled gallant, I grant ye, and a far-off kinsman of my own.
If he who has little wit needs a master to inform his stupidity, he who has much frequently needs ten to keep in check his worldly wisdom, which might otherwise, like a high-mettled charger, toss him to the ground.
Those who start for human glory, like themettled hounds of Actæon, must pursue the game not only where there is a path, but where there is none.
As Ivan issued from the house, he found a high-mettled steed waiting at the door, held by Achmet Beg's squire.
Dashing young officers, in their brilliant uniforms, were displaying themselves and their mettled steeds to their own satisfaction--if not to that of others.
Fit then your potlids on your wrists, And grasp your broomsticks in your fists; Your mettled horses bring all out, Both cut and longtail, for this bout.
In the court of Siegmund the tourney was so rude, That both hall and palace echoed far around, As those high-mettled champions shock'd with thundering sound.
The Lord of Bern rides foremost; high-mettled chiefs are they, So scorn not what fair service they proffer you to-day.
Wherever lies their country, high-mettled lords are they.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mettled" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
