brace
Example Sentences
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It now must brace itself for a much larger potential refugee outflow from Iran.
From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026
The kind of bite where your lips pull back, your teeth barely touch the thing, and you brace for impact.
From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026
Having finally secured a flight back to London via Cairo and Rome, Patten then had to brace himself for take-off.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
Markets should brace for more than June’s brief military campaign.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026
I was already picturing Nan’s brace gussied up, though she wasn’t one for sequins—maybe silver studs.
From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry
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Vocabulary lists containing brace
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" by Rudyard Kipling
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"The Ransom of Red Chief" by O. Henry
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