steely

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• Much has changed since the 1980s, but the cinematic tale we recently published suggests the steely nerve of Larry Wu-Tai Chin is alive and well among China’s espionage agents.

• They were staring each other down, steely-eyed, until one of them blinked.

• The neuroscientists describe a scenario in which a brain implant that enables a paralyzed man to control a prosthetic arm suddenly goes haywire because the man feels frustrated, and it attacks an assistant with its steely claws.

• Elsewhere, she betrays a surprisingly thin skin given her steely demeanor during four decades in the public eye.

• McCrory appeared in more than 70 movies and television shows, notably playing the steely Aunt Polly in the crime drama “Peaky Blinders,” which premiered in 2013 and developed a following in the United States after being picked up by Netflix.

• Its biggest asset, of course, is the steely Atwell, who never asks you to feel sorry for Carter despite all the sexism around her.

• Gone are the wild-eyed revolutionaries in Donetsk and Luhansk, replaced by steely-eyed bureaucrats and seasoned combat veterans.

• So, people sped by the models less out of puritanical deference to the naked bodies, but to keep up their steely reputations.

• With a soft smile and a shrug that belied by his steely eyes, he replied, “Start another.”

• She's a steely ingenue, a fair-faced heroine, a leading lady.