bracing
Example Sentences
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New Year's Day is traditionally the day when brave swimmers don their fancy dress for the Loony Dook - a hangover-clearing dip in the bracing waters of the Firth of Forth.
From BBC
Nancy and Jonathan, at one point, are bracing for imminent death and find themselves having this touching and tender moment, sharing confessions and hard truths.
From Los Angeles Times
Still, for those who complain that movies are too pat and formulaic, “Marty Supreme” is mostly a bracing tonic—pungent, wild and weird.
Americans bracing for higher prices likely wanted to get their holiday shopping done by early fall, he said.
He was already bracing for a 25% premium increase because his teen son now has a learner’s permit.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
