buoyed up
Example Sentences
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She was buoyed up by him, and by the visit they had just made.
From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2022
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
Ready to sink, he found instead that he was floating, buoyed up by the garbage.
From "A Wish in the Dark" by Christina Soontornvat
