How to Use steely in a Sentence

steely

adjective

• She gave him a steely gaze.
• He had a steely determination to succeed.
• Putin, with his steely KGB eyes, at least looks the part.
  — Harper Simon, SPIN, 20 May 2022
• Over the past 900 years, plant life has struggled to take hold in the steely ground.
  — Mare Czinar, azcentral, 12 June 2018
• The day is bleak with that steely gray New England sky.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2019
• Hewitt turned around and gave Williams a steely glare and replied.
  — Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2020
• Still, Green, a keen and steely talent, puts them — and us — through hell.
  — Amy Nicholson, Variety, 16 Sep. 2023
• In Israel, the shock of the strike has given way to a steely resolve.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• Like in 2015, when Woods's steely resolve seemed to crack.
  — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• This group is stacked with steely veterans and should be one of the Longhorns’ strengths in 2021.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 20 May 2021
• The steely core, an ability to rise above hardship, to bend in the wind, to stick it out, to grin and bear it.
  — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 15 Dec. 2021
• Baker, a dark-haired man with a steely gaze, appears in a few of the archival images.
  — The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2022
• Paola is tall and slender, with a soft, sweet voice and steely blue eyes.
  — Kyre Chenven, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Oct. 2018
• Thanks to science and some steely nerves, that didn’t happen.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 1 Sep. 2020
• Beneath the surface of wide-eyed smiles and laughs lies a steely resolve.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Aug. 2024
• Nights are for cowering in the cold and rain while clinging to steely straight basalt cliffs.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 28 Mar. 2019
• At the center is a steely rendering of a funnel with bees spilling over the edge.
  — Victoria Dalkey, sacbee, 22 June 2018
• The subtle menace of Koons’s work is born of its steely sheen, which works like a grin plastered on a face.
  — Sophie Madeline Dess, The New Republic, 18 May 2021
• Again partly thanks to its steely backbone, the S90 T8 has some nifty driving moves.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2018
• With cold rain falling and the remnants of a previous snowfall still on the streets, the mood was grim but steely.
  — John Leicester and Hanna Arhirova, Chicago Tribune, 24 Nov. 2022
• In Kyiv, where cold rain fell on the remnants of previous snowfalls, the mood was grim but steely.
  — John Leicester, Hanna Arhirova, Sam Mednick, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Nov. 2022
• It’s a demanding part, and DeBose put her own steely stamp on it.
  — Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2022
• Outside, a steely sky and yellow birch trees marked a new season.
  — Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Sep. 2022
• Things went wrong that shouldn't have been able to go wrong, but quick thinking by Chris Kraft's cadre of steely eyed missile men saved the day.
  — Eric Berger & Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 20 July 2019
• But that day, the males were spy-hopping, or poking their heads just far enough out of the water to reveal their steely eyes.
  — Liz Vaccariello, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2022
• The steely sound of Johnny Kleker’s trumpet hung in the cool air like a healing message.
  — Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register, 17 May 2024
• She's got dyed blonde hair and pouty lips, and a steely blue stare, like a sadistic nurse in a mental hospital.
  — Natalie Gil, refinery29.com, 25 July 2019
• Since slavery, Black women have been viewed as steely workers and this has prevailed over the years.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 21 Sep. 2022
• Matten is a compelling coach figure, with both kind energy and a steely sense of determination.
  — Jourdain Searles, IndieWire, 11 Sep. 2024
• Satya’s steely intimidation embodies how any cool older sisters looks to her younger siblings (and more to the point: anyone who threatens her younger siblings).
  — Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024