strengthener

Example Sentences

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For one thing, “very” is a fraud, masquerading as a strengthener when it merely wheedles and pleads.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022

A doctor suggested ballet as a strengthener when she complained of pain in the arches of her feet, and the household mobilized to make sure she got to lessons.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2021

That acted as a strengthener, while continuing to draw chlorides out of the material.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 7, 2015

An advantage this, a strengthener of love, in which even the conjugal tie is beneath the fraternal.

From Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane

It is a steadier of life, a strengthener of hope, a stalwart aid to a practical, devout, and duty-doing life.

From The Warriors by Lindsay, Anna Robertson Brown