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braced
adjective as in firm
Strongest matches
Strong matches
adjective as in reinforced
Example Sentences
This time around, Clinton-backers are braced for a similar dynamic.
Now it dipped its head as Lane braced himself to rise, more as if to investigate the man, certainly not to gore him.
Shortly after the wine trade regained momentum, Germany braced for war, and viticulture and wine trade came to a halt.
That said, movement leaders are braced for further growing pains.
The Kennedy White House and city authorities were braced for the worst.
He braced himself unconsciously, and after Zeal's next words did not relax his body, although his lips turned white and stiff.
He turned kind of white around the gills when he first felt the halter around his neck, and then braced up and not a whimper.
The shed is braced at every point and generally rests upon stone posts so as to allow a good circulation underneath the building.
Clip braced his crippled machine up alongside the Comet and dropped down beside his chum.
For a sort of dogged determination to go through with it all, at any cost, braced her to her final effort.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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