The trial by fire is meant to steel nerves and strengthen self-esteem.

His dream did have one element that the real world did not have, and that was Grant's calm, cool steel nerves.

It took steel nerves to view that gruesome sight upon the floor, and the sheriff had them.

I have watched a good mind fast at work, with steel nerves, guiding his campaign out of the crowded field without appeal to the worst in us.

It took all of The Shadow's steel nerve to fight off the dizziness that increased with every second.

That split decision underscores the steel nerves it will take to invest in the paper and forest products business for the near term.

He admired her determination and the steel nerve required to bring such disparate groups together and forge a harmony.

Of course, for investors with steel nerves, the short-interest number can also signal when to buy and take advantage from the run-up caused by short-covering.

It wasn't my steel nerves that had taken over in the interrogation room, but the grip of my disease squeezing my energy.

Even the steel nerves of the murderer must have been strained by the discovery of the body so quickly, and when strain entered, men made mistakes.