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Example Sentences
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Oliver gazed down at me, studying, and I braced for that squirmy sensation of being judged, but it didn’t come.
From Literature
“I don’t want to,” I said, bracing myself for a fight so familiar I could have it in my sleep.
From Literature
Markets’ reaction: Oil prices are surging and U.S. stock futures point to sizable losses on Wall Street as investors brace for the economic fallout of an extended war.
Investors were bracing for futures to start trading later today, with the price of crude oil expected to jump in reaction to the outbreak of conflict in Iran this weekend.
From Barron's
Jessie Homer French has been painting folk-inflected scenes of environmental catastrophe for decades, but her consistent message and style remain bracingly fresh in the presentation by Various Small Fires.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
