buoyed up
Example Sentences
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Neapolitan pizza does not need to be buoyed up by legends of Aeneas and his dish-eating crew: It stands on its own merits with a glorious and colorful past.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2022
I think she wanted to keep us buoyed up.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2019
It is not enough to lift all boats, their work suggests, if the poshest vessels are always buoyed up more than the humblest.
From Economist • Jun. 14, 2018
Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern, buoyed up by the #MeToo movement, is finding a way to talk about what happened.
From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2018
The senior Rosen’s nervousness buoyed up his own confidence.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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