How to Use steel in a Sentence

steel

1 of 2 noun
  • The beams are made of steel.
  • The invaders were driven back by steel.
  • Steel is an important industry in this area.
  • Its steel pipes are used for oil wells.
    — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • The steel beams will be used to build the cryostats.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
  • And so all of these things bring me back to steel pan.
    — Brendan Menapace, SPIN, 4 May 2026
  • The small bits of steel have disabled cars.
    — Ross Guidotti, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The bits are made from strong S2 tool steel.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The nose is 10 feet long and made out of steel.
    — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The all-steel frame is sturdy and made to last.
    — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Cars and steel beams wrapped around trees like pipe cleaners.
    — Karen Valby, Vanity Fair, 16 June 2026
  • It was crafted from steel tubes and rolled flat steel strips.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Punk got back in the ring with a steel chair as Breakker fled.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Long pants and steel-toe work boots protect your legs and feet.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
  • Beds are made from corten steel, chosen for its strength and rusty patin.
    — Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023
  • At five miles long and 1 mile wide at some points, steel frames jut from the ground.
    — Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But the business is not all steel and systems.
    — Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Now, the two will do battle inside a steel cage.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 27 June 2026
  • They can also be made of plastic or steel.
    — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This sturdy table is made of steel with a wood top.
    — Christina Shepherd McGuire, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The triple is housed inside a steel chassis.
    — New Atlas, 12 Sep. 2025
  • These steel frame bins are great for holding heftier items.
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2025
  • One more drawback for me was the stainless-steel sifter.
    — Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Most stock tank pools come in galvanized steel.
    — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Foster’s team also added a new steel and glass roof.
    — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 16 June 2026
  • Forty years of metal, forged in steel, ending in fire.
    — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But there are still high tariffs on things like steel and aluminum.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Except for the steel of my shoulders, the knife glare of my eyes.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Apr. 2026
  • They often are made of steel, concrete, or cast iron.
    — Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • And, as the idiom goes, steel sharpens steel.
    — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 7 Apr. 2026

steel

2 of 2 verb
  • Get hammered to steel your nerves.
    — Todd Harmonson, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
  • So, once again, steel yourself.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Denise and Aaron steeled themselves to face Muller in court.
    — Lauren Clark, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • But her earlier life steeled her for the hardships that were to come.
    — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The idea was to steel them for difficult questions from clients.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The lawyer steeled himself for the next 90 minutes.
    — Sarah Weinman, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Some fans are already steeling for the inevitable down-to-the wire games.
    — Mike Reader and Joe Marusak, charlotteobserver, 20 Apr. 2018
  • By the third time this happened, two pink lines were merely a cue to steel myself for loss.
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Just make sure to date everything, then steel yourself to throw out spices once their time is up.
    — Melissa Clark, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2021
  • No 16-year-old should have to steel herself and her own grief to make that happen.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2022
  • That lesson helped steel her resolve to rebuff pressure to go along just to get along.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2022
  • Reuland’s heart wound up going to someone who spent much of his life steeling his own.
    — Daniel Brown, The Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2017
  • What should companies be doing to steel themselves for the long haul?
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Charlotte was another jump, but by then, he was steeled for struggles.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • And get emotional support to steel you against the naysayers.
    — Adriana Gallardo, ProPublica, 10 May 2022
  • For decades, humankind steeled itself for the rise of thinking machines.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
  • If nerves rise, steel your voice and lead with the headline, since plain language travels farther than frills.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Morning is often a tender hour, when people have yet to steel themselves for the day.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Ellison’s advisers were steeling for at least four more days of hard work.
    — Lucas Shaw, Bloomberg, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Although the judge had steeled himself for a grueling fight, the cannabis case was over in mere minutes.
    — Christopher F. Schuetze, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Still, this is a valuable chance to transform power structures in your life, so steel yourself to dig deep!
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2021
  • That evening, Lloyd Webber steeled himself and went backstage.
    — Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2019
  • Being confronted by this fear again could be shocking, but try to steel yourself and be courageous.
    — Chicago Tribune, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The years of being involved, of having a career and working with Tony would steel her well.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Leclerc said Stratton praised the fastball; Leclerc steeled himself to believe in it again.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Instead, Altman appeared jittery at first but steeled his nerves rather quickly.
    — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 13 May 2026
  • Some of it is gut feeling based the maniacal want Cristobal has steeled in his players.
    — Miami Herald, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The hope is that the foam could become a less-expensive alternative to steel pilings.
    — Laurel Andrews, Alaska Dispatch News, 10 Oct. 2015
  • Publishers are stacking the deck for the fall, when a glut of books are sent into the world steeled for holiday gifting.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 25 June 2026
  • At the media center, the video of another dying child only steeled their resolve.
    — Muhammad Idrees Ahmad, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2018

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