Then again, a certain steeliness is probably just as well.

What these girls need," she said with a steeliness of her own, "is understanding.

She has every bit of the necessary experience, steeliness under pressure and capacity for hard work.

At other times, you see the steeliness that comes with any sustained and successful movie career.

It then started to get a sense of his steeliness, which wasn't terribly obvious.

But some financial market participants wonder if he has the necessary steeliness for the job at this crucial time.

There's a steeliness to the woman, however, which might be the mask of grief.

Beneath his charm, there is the steeliness of the survivor.

Armani's discipline and steeliness have served him well in business.

Bihari kept her tone level, steeliness only in the dark face.

There was just the faintest suggestion of steeliness in her voice now.

Paul has got that steeliness about him, a nononsense attitude.

For that, she needed not just technical ability, but a steeliness of character and a willingness to listen.

He has the tenacity, the speed and the steeliness to succeed.

"This will give him a steeliness, a determination to prove people wrong.

There’s a hint of steeliness, but it’s worn ever so lightly.

Yet it didn’t take long for a steeliness to show through this apparent diffidence.

She's probably got a steeliness more than them.

But you know there's a steeliness within him that makes the gentlemanly qualities all the more interesting.

He has a reputation for steeliness; he is not the kind of man to have as an enemy.

But this open and warm nature belies a steeliness.

That's the steeliness you see in everyone's eyes.

I had a steeliness, an aggression that I think you need as a bowler.

Once a sense of unfairness and injury entered into him, he could develop a surprising steeliness.

Delightfully fresh now, it will surely gain steeliness and depth in a few years.