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Sentence Examples The top of the pillar was about chest length and I braced a trembling hand flat on the surface before putting the other one next to it. The frame is braced with a steel support to preserve its integrity, and then the destructive fun begins. The channels are braced back to the structure with aluminum clips where required to resist wind pressure. Possibly because of its reduced width, the jaw apparatus is more strongly braced in the center. On the top of the mound was a worn-down house cottage, made of wood and braced by a large tree. Angled legs prevent the arch from flattening and the structure is further braced by four cross frames which also accommodate cross walls. The post and lintel were just frames for a set of double door gates wrought of thick lumber and braced with iron. The Duramount is a laminate mounted onto a smooth, thin board which is then braced with a sturdy, lightweight wood frame on the back. It braced itself quickly, spun around, and bit Clayton square in the throat. So we were braced for hostile reactions, but it all went off pretty smoothly. He braced his body to stand as he got up, and his asleep leg almost buckled underneath him, but his hand found the wall just in time. The world spun as he staggered to his feet, braced himself on a post, and tried his utmost to shake off his daze. Above him was the strong willow's branch, he braced his feet against the trunk behind him, and pushed. He braced his shaking body against the wall and forced his legs to defy gravity and support him one last time. As the horse and rider vanished into the mist I braced myself for the next apparition. Rose of Sharon braced her body against the movements of the car in an effort to protect her fetus. Then they went home and played the accursed thing, and second-hand shops nationwide braced themselves for the deluge. In its ordinary sense it conveys to us an item of plant with a projecting boom or jib over which are braced lifting wires and pulleys. Grit braced himself as the carriage rattled along the old road, heading towards the town. These may be braced and strengthened by bathing the eye with brandy and water, Hungary-water, rose-water with white vitriol dissolved in it. Show More Sentences Fianna Fail has already assumed the crouch position on ground, and is braced for a sound kicking. He went to the table and braced himself, palms flat against the rough wood. We all braced ourselves for the shrill scream of an alarm when Joseph hurled a brick at the window of one of the science labs. When a ledged and braced boarded door is used as an external door, the boards should face outwards. Almost all styles are available off the shelf and some, such as ledged and braced, can be bought in kit form. However, one cannot fix a mortise lock to an internal oak ledged and braced door. The kinds of doors we specialize in are ledged and braced doors but we also offer a bespoke joinery and design service. She stood with her hands braced firmly on her hips, leering into the trees. Sit in the machine with your back braced against the support and your feet placed under the cushions. With a strong determination, she braced herself and headed out of the dim alley and into the morning sun. These, braced by a series of steel tendons, taper towards the apex of the roof. The straps of his backpack braced his shoulders, making him seem even taller than his considerable height. The company is braced for an approach from its German rival with a plan that will see them merge their core operations. For preacher curls, my body is braced in position, so I don't use body motion. We arrived at Glory's classroom and braced ourselves as we pushed through the arched doors. The Ardoyne area remained tense last night as nationalists and loyalists braced themselves for more clashes following two nights of trouble. The ditch would need to be braced to prevent cave-in and a safety fence would need to be built around the ditch. Walls are usually braced a few days after forms have been stripped and before backfilling operations begin. Snarling, he raised a hand to backhand me, and I brought up an arm and braced myself for the blow. I braced myself as we sped up the hard shoulder for what seemed like an eternity before we'd gathered enough speed to join the motorway. Show More Sentences Along with most of my neighbors in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, I was braced for the presidential transition. I bit back the urge to scream, as the wind whistled past my face and I braced myself for a sickening thud and terrible landing. The stranger braced herself for a tirade of abuse, but to her surprise, when the noblewoman arrived, it did not come. The night passed peacefully at Bradford Royal Infirmary, although staff were braced for a traditionally busy one. Ministers are braced for a backlash from business leaders who fear they will be saddled with older workers whom they cannot ask to leave. Seldom has a stock market correction crept up with such stealth, and struck before we were braced for the pain. After seven preparatory years and legions of cautionary tales, you'd have to say we were braced for it. Britain was braced for more snow and bitter winds today as the cold weather kept its icy grip on the country. The scream was followed by the sickening sensation of falling and she desperately braced herself. Earl looked down at the smoky glass tumbler braced in the palm of his hand and swigged down the last sip of whiskey. The Burundian army said it was braced for further attacks on Tutsi refugee camps. He was keeled over, blowing hard, his hands braced on his knees, sweat dripping off his nose. As the ship went down, survivors in nearby rafts could see the four chaplains, arms linked and braced against the slanting deck. The branchial basket was braced against the body wall and unjointed, as in lampreys. Victor braced himself, ducked and leaped to the ogre's side as the hammer crashed into the ground with a loud smash. The cut-away slab of the arcades had braced the side walls, which are of masonry and partly underground, so subject to lateral pressure from surrounding earth. 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. I saw the time was eight minutes to four from my watch as I braced myself. Berlitz heard two rifle shots at his back and braced himself for the pain. Show More Sentences In the shade of its flourishing growth he stood with braced and self-confident legs, and allowed no thoughts of his own to keep him from an attitude of manfulness. District councils are braced for severe cash shortages next year when changes designed to simplify funding are likely to leave them seriously out of pocket. The center pole began to twist, and Odie and Tanya braced against it with all their weight to shove it across the grass berm so that it would fall under its own weight. The Guard braced their riot shields and checked their equipment. With the constant need to hoist and trim the sails, sore muscles have no time to heal and joints are braced at awkward angles for long periods of time. Weak corner joints may be braced with angle irons, and triangles of wood. Samyn's lightweight version is braced by a network of tensile cables. He spread his legs and braced his feet in the sand to stay upright. So Bill braced up enough to give the kid a weak sort of a smile and a promise to play the Russian in a Japanese war with him as soon as he felt a little better. Dustin McDaniel braced himself for a fight but, within the year, the last of the payday stores had shuttered their doors. I saw the southerly buster get hold of him and drive him down with his hand to his head, his shoulders braced, and the tails of his coat blown hard against his legs. Trenches and low walls of earth braced with wooden beams zig-zagged their way across the fields to where Gulf troops laboured at raising bulwarks against rifle fire. The Kennedy White House and city authorities were braced for the worst. William Moss hulked spraddlelegged on the hillside, one leg braced higher than the other on the steep part of the slope below the rim. Codes also allow a 32-inch braced wall that uses specific nailing schedules and hold-down devices, a cumbersome alternative for many builders. In woodturning, hand tools are braced against the tool rest and levered into the workpiece. So I braced my resolution to quit my dear ones, female and male, and forsook my home as birds forsake their nests. They then sheltered overnight in bivy bags as they braced the freezing conditions. With the bruising 6-foot, 205-pound Jones in the backfield, they braced for smash-mouth football. It sounds paradoxical, but I am inclined to think that the weakness and insanity of the curate warned me, braced me, and kept me a sane man. Show More Sentences That said, movement leaders are braced for further growing pains. Bradley swore a mighty deep-space oath and braced himself against certain annihilation. It had a steering oar to starboard braced by an extra frame. Future plans are for tripod designs in up to 90m of water, supporting lightweight topsides and braced mono towers for marginal field developments. Wall Street braced for added volatility on quadruple witching day, when contracts for stock index futures and options, stock options and single stock futures expire. He heaved up with a sulfurous curse, braced his legs and glared about him, with a burst of coarse guffaws in his ears and the reek of unwashed bodies in his nostrils. On his return to London, he took lodgings at 8 Dean Street, Southwark, and braced himself for further study in order to become a member of the Royal College of Surgeons. The sheep and cattle gather in flocks and herds under the shade of gum trees, moving little, saving energy, braced against the searing sun by a thin cupola of leaves. He pointed the bang stick at the closest shark and braced for the impact. Examples from Classical Literature Harriett saw his stoop, and the taut, braced power of his back as he lifted. For building walls of some height a gallows frame arrangement or the common braced staging used by masons and carpenters is used. Kind of braced me for swingin' past all that row of giggly lady typists and on into Mr. Robert's private office. It braced me, and the time was coming when all the bracing I could get would not be too much. They braced their feet, whirred, lifted unevenly, and sank back with a jar. He braced his club foot against the iron bar of the dashboard and gripped the sides of the buggy to steady his feeble body. Do you guess we were frazzled up to the limit and not braced to hold back or anything, the way civilized people do? But he braced up, struck out the next man, and managed to hold the succeeding one hitless. The primary bent consists of four I-beam post bents having channel chords, the whole braced together rigidly by angles. He spread his feet, braced his shoulders and chest to the impacting masses of words, and waited. Consequently, if we accept his theory of the finitude of life, we are braced up to do our part while we can. A period of silence while Joe raised his feet from the floor and braced them on the toilet seat. Guess Ive got maws fool in a fuss, he said grimly to himself as he braced his body for a struggle. We ran out of the snow through mile upon mile of snow-sheds, braced with twelve-inch beams, and planked with two-inch planking. And as he hung over the balusters, watching for his father to appear, he had hard ado to keep himself braced for the encounter that must follow. Every second pole is guyed with a wire and braced with a pole. Every muscle was taut and braced as if to resist some sudden attack from outside. The weeks passed, and I braced myself for the coming ordeal. I moved backward, hand on my skean, braced for a sudden rush. They are braced for trouble between yobs linked to the Inter City Firm gang and Blackpool casuals The Muckers. Show More Sentences Nobs braced himself with all four feet to keep from slipping into the scuppers and looked up into my face with a questioning whine. Westland saw that he was in for a tussle and braced himself. After your pajama and knickerbocker stunt I'm braced for anything. A red-faced barrel of a boy did all the holding, one hand round the wrist, the other palm to palm, and his knees braced up against the panel. There was a snap and tang in the breeze which braced one like a tonic. He braced himself for the attack, ready to go down fighting. I could sleep standing up, I believe, if only you braced me on the sides. The judge seized a carving knife, and braced himself for defense. The constancy of his companions braced Madden like a dash of ice water. Now the Killer rose upon the branch of the great tree where he had been sleeping with his back braced against the stem. Love is not glorious unless it be braced and energised by power. Mr. Luce noted these signs of belligerency and braced his firedog legs. The extreme sharpness of the air acted on his nerves like an astringent, and braced them swiftly. Bart braced his feet apart and stood ready to grab the beast. After one month he had braced himself up and sacked the Punctual Plodder. In the waist gathered the Southampton mariners, hairy and burly men, with their jerkins thrown off, their waists braced tight, swords, mallets, and pole-axes in their hands. So I braced up and placed my matter before her royal Highness. He braced himself up with a glass of cold whisky, and went to work again. The Killer braced himself with the rope across his hip, and as the antelope tautened the singing strands in a last frantic bound for liberty he was thrown over upon his back. City's interest in Sterling has been an open secret for some time, but the Reds were desperate to retain his services as they braced themselves for an approach. Find more words! 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