BRACING in a Sentence

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56 example sentences for BRACING, such as:

1. I used to wear a brace.
2. The whisky was bracing him too.
3. The base was braced for an attack.
4. She braced herself to lead a normal life.
5. I'm kind of bracing myself for that album.

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 Meanings and Examples of BRACING
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bracing
 a.  invigorating; refreshing; strengthening; imparting vitality and energy
Classic Sentence: (41 in 3 pages)
1  Scarlett obeyed, bracing herself and catching firm hold of one of the bedposts.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
2  The whisky was bracing him too.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
3  But Ashley seemed to mean them and there was a look in his eyes which eluded her--not fear, not apology, but the bracing to a strain which was inevitable and overwhelming.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
4  Then, bracing herself, like a small soldier going into battle, she knocked on the door and called softly: "Please let me in, Captain Butler."
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LIX
5  Gaining the more open water, the bracing breeze waxed fresh; the little Moss tossed the quick foam from her bows, as a young colt his snortings.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
6  The foundation does not penetrate the deck, but the masonry is firmly secured to the surface by ponderous knees of iron bracing it on all sides, and screwing it down to the timbers.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
7  The murky, lowering sky, which had depressed her a few hours before, seemed bracing and invigorating as she splashed through the streets on her way home.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXVI
8  His brown, hardening body lived naturally through the half fierce, half lazy work of the bracing days.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
9  There was a sharp bracing air; the ground was dry; the sea was crisp and clear; the sun was diffusing abundance of light, if not much warmth; and everything was fresh and lively.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 21. LITTLE EM'LY
10  The counting house clerk, to conceal his confusion, busied himself settling the ladies, but Philip the coachman became sullen, and was bracing himself not to be overawed in future by this external superiority.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 6: Chapter 17
11  He seemed to bring a whiff of his strong, fresh, bracing, east-coast air with him as he entered.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In III. THE ADVENTURE OF THE DANCING MEN
12  That evening found us in the cold, bracing atmosphere of the Peak country, in which Dr. Huxtable's famous school is situated.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
13  The table then spoke of Mount Melleray, how bracing the air was down there, how hospitable the monks were and how they never asked for a penny-piece from their guests.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In THE DEAD
14  Once they made him wear a brace but he fretted so he was downright ill.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
15  So they stood, each with a foot placed at an angle as a brace, and both shoving with might and main, and glowering at each other with hate.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
Example Sentence:
1  I'm bracing myself to be met by heat, humidity and what Kerry describes as a pungent odor.
2  I'm kind of bracing myself for that album.
3  Superstition was with me at that moment; but it was not yet her hour for complete victory: my blood was still warm; the mood of the revolted slave was still bracing me with its bitter vigour.
4  My daughter has to wear a brace on her teeth.
5  I used to wear a brace.
6  He was recently fitted with a brace for his bad back.
7  The passengers were told to brace themselves for a crash landing.
8  After the brace is on, the strap is tightened to pull the foot into a better position.
9  There was no superfluous ornament in the room -- not one modern piece of furniture, save a brace of workboxes and a lady's desk in rosewood, which stood on a side-table: everything -- including the carpet and curtains -- looked at once well worn and well saved.
10  Cathy braced herself to see Matthew, who she expected to arrive at any minute.
11  The base was braced for an attack.
12  He braced himself for the icy plunge into the black water.
13  She braced herself to lead a normal life.
14  He told me he had some bad news for me and I braced myself for a shock.
15  Hundreds of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people.