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    1. his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and


    2. Enough to allow me to buy a house or to bolster me if I wanted to follow some dream or other


    3. bolster the defence when needed


    4. He laughs at himself in that hollow way that people do when they want to bolster themselves when the hairs on the back of their necks stand on end


    5. "Then at least we'll know where to bolster our defenses


    6. To bolster Smyrna’s army, our king was forced to raise the levies every year


    7. I fell asleep and the tears soaked my bolster and the nightmares came back frightening in their intensity and scared the shit out of me the guard woke me and I was trembling in every limb and I had a slitting headache


    8. If I am found to be correct in this, then it would serve to bolster the assertion that the name of the “God-Most-High” that Melchizedek was the high priest of was EL


    9. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth


    10. 16 And when the messengers were come in, note, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster

    11. at his bolster, but Abner and the people lay round about him


    12. his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go


    13. Lord's anointed; And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster


    14. His economic ideas couldn’t sell in the real world without a dictatorship and a secret police to bolster them


    15. I knew we were outgunned and outnumbered, but still that brief speech helped bolster my confidence and bravery


    16. “I tried to bolster his confidence


    17. However, there were those among the gathered elves who were not satisfied to simply let their ambient magic reinforce his vows, and chose instead to actively bolster it by casting Compulsion on him at the critical moment


    18. specialness to bolster her in such times


    19. Programs have continued to explore ways to attract women, including sharing the success of female graduates, offering scholarships, helping prospective students bolster their math skills, and supporting networking opportunities


    20. replacement that would bolster the ratings and hopefully keep at least the puny

    21. came forward to bolster the President's cause


    22. Sharon? Where was Sharon? She’d always been around to bolster him, to encourage him when he needed her


    23. to bolster the salaries of local and national officials


    24. sums as bribes to bolster the salaries of local and


    25. The sight of a dark-suited, dog-collared fellow of about forty, seemed like a beacon of kindness in a world suddenly turned hostile, so I approached in the hope that, like Jesus, he would gather up this lost sheep and offer shelter – or at least wise words that would assuage the hurt, bolster my flagging self esteem, and set me on the path to redemption


    26. It was essential to define their relationship in a way that would not raise false hopes, but still bolster the youth’s self confidence, not undermine it


    27. Most Japanese see through the ruse, but others enjoy the occasional handouts and street fairs they hold in poorer neighborhoods and rural communities to bolster support


    28. ‘If those criminals are playing tricks, I’ll get them,’ she said loudly in an increasingly vain attempt to bolster flagging courage


    29. The following list provides a few eclectic suggestions on how to bolster a kid’s brain to keep him or her happy, healthy, and constantly growing in his or her education


    30. Children who spend their time learning to tinkle on their pianos or toodle on their saxophones engage in activities that bolster their intellect through math (yes, math!) and creativity

    31. Meltz‘s tone seemed designed to bolster the woman‘s sagging resolve


    32. To bolster the free grace view of God’s unconditional love and election,


    33. It is seen as a way to bolster lagging economies, focus public attention, and again, control the people


    34. To secure an advantage, and to bolster the as-


    35. " To facilitate that process, Stallman says he once enrolled in Toastmasters, an organization that helps members bolster


    36. sword," on Torvalds part, that has left the door open for Stallman to bolster his reputation as the hacker community's ethic-


    37. week to bolster the spirit


    38. It was futile to compare the wrongdoings Mitchell knew, but he continued to hear the ranting�s from his selfish father, to bolster his unsightly view of him


    39. bolster their faith in their heart they make it immovable in their head


    40. be re-given or delivered each week to bolster the spirit

    41. Garette," he said sheepishly, "I'll do everything in my power to bolster my grades


    42. “Patience mother, we have to make a decision, vengeance or a tactical play that will bolster the morale of our warriors, we can apprehend him and execute him whenever we choose, or we can use him against the Teoti, to answer Jodas and his concerns about the security of Bo-elon, I have warriors on full alert patrolling all the approaches to Bo-elon there is no way the enemy can approach unseen, which leads me to assume that the traitor hasn’t yet given our location to the Teoti


    43. Paradoxically, while western historians undermine the American moral position, Japanese historians actually bolster it; claiming that the atomic bombings broke the stalemate and proved salvation to the Japanese peace faction, who seized upon the atomic bombing as a new development to facilitate surrender


    44. bolster strength and aggression in combat situations


    45. I bolster this argument by reminding myself; you never know


    46. heal me, to have him bolster my energy level with his life force, but he


    47. he might be able to steal the pot early on, or even bolster his


    48. trict attorney or bolster her criminal case, either


    49. As was becoming typical, Modi came up with an innovative idea to bolster this strategy


    50. He wasn’t sure if he was speaking for the benefit of the group or to bolster his own courage






































    1. As fragile as the plasterwork might be, it would always be bolstered by the terminal brutality of small arms fire


    2. Explaining what had happened bolstered those confused fears and speaking about Boyd in front of Spencer I had a hard time keeping them in check


    3. It bolstered their resistance to spiritual and magical attacks


    4. “You can’t move on if I can’t” Levi pleaded with me, like I held the key to everything he had ever wanted, the key to the lock securely bolstered on his happiness


    5. I looked at her in confusion, her family? What were they, and how did she know about vampires? Peering at TJ’s face, I could see that I wasn’t going to get my answers from her and seeing as she was related to Levi; it was becoming raucously evident that this chapter of my life was well and truly shut, locked and bolstered, with the key adequately disposed of


    6. The two gnomes launch attack spells at Lady Povon, but they do not realize that while Ladies Povon and Equemev are floating almost stationary and appear vulnerable, their Shields are being bolstered by thousands of elven wizards, all casting remotely, most of them from Hilia, and those Shields easily hold against the attacks of the two Bojudai


    7. Bolstered by the extra reinforcements to their rear that had been so well concealed, the Uphrians were now surrounded on all sides


    8. Cynthia bolstered the claim in saying that the advertising agency had prepared an environmental protection message to be woven into the company’s advertisements in the future


    9. The household was female-oriented, bolstered by relatives and community


    10. Their common purpose and similar predicaments had united them in a sisterhood of friendship and understanding, so it was with confidence, bolstered by their support and encouragement, that Susan had set out

    11. But, considering the end result and the losses incurred, the raid was deemed a failure and merely bolstered British morale


    12. income were bolstered, or if the stock was especially attractive at a low price


    13. philosophy and science, with science beginning to be bolstered by proof of theory through


    14. ” She bolstered up her courage, and started down the incline


    15. Hence the need for a double wash, bolstered by softeners and


    16. will be bolstered by small successes and will be motivated to


    17. This has reduced economic competitiveness and bolstered fabulously rich black elite


    18. He smiled and winked at Charlie, which made him relax enough and bolstered his confidence further


    19. Bolstered by his initial success he decided to invest all his savings into the stock market


    20. Soon they came to rest in the lee of a cluster of tall manna gums bolstered by some smaller scrubby bushes between

    21. Citizens were bolstered by the victory, and one big, strong guy came out with a shovel and smacked one of Big Simon’s thugs right in the back of the head


    22. She had to leave in order to return stronger, bolstered with help from like-minded allies


    23. They bolstered the pressure that their enormous cousins had exerted upon the Kinnaras, permitting those Danavas to demolish Indra’s battery


    24. bolstered the resolve that had driven her into the


    25. been bolstered by approximately thirty of the northerners on horse


    26. He would never work again, and his suicide attempt only bolstered his disability case with the government


    27. bolstered up by certainty, supported by the walls of his groove, or else he


    28. They are primped, padded, bolstered and held up by all the privileges and servants and help, and connections… having things done for them


    29. They are bolstered by the comforting authority of English Tradition


    30. This was bolstered by ice-cold beers and whiskies that put us in a jovial mood for cheerful talk, jokes and dancing

    31. time it had bolstered Jamison’s spirits as well


    32. We’re going to survive this,” he bolstered her and devotedly palmed her tense hands, to stop them from shaking


    33. More often than not, these opinions will be bolstered with emotion and hyperbole rather than with reasoned arguments and supporting evidence


    34. shirt before, that bolstered out, and pointed out the condition of things


    35. In dozens of letters that crisscrossed America, they shared their emotions and bolstered each other’s hopes about “our boys


    36. He also encouraged me to attempt this departure from the contemporary scene and bolstered my faith when it lagged (which was often)


    37. Whenever a market moves into a region of price congestion, it will not always develop the perfect combinations of pivot highs and pivot lows, and we then have to apply common sense as here, bolstered, of course, by our volume


    38. Add to this the violence so often done to the conscience, the forced vocations, feudalism bolstered up by the cloister, the right of the first-born pouring the excess of the family into monasticism, the ferocities of which we have just spoken, the in pace, the closed mouths, the walled-up brains, so many unfortunate minds placed in the dungeon of eternal vows, the taking of the habit, the interment of living souls


    39. Clearly this bolstered my opinion that the system didn't fail and that it was our entire fault


    1. As they drew closer, it was obvious the city had been hard at work bolstering its defenses in their absence


    2. “We’ve all started to put down the virtues of the other factions in the process of bolstering our own


    3. ” He followed with a bolstering head nod


    4. readable and took up less space, further bolstering the


    5. But they kept on coming because they had hopes of seeing a new and fair government—one that would use the wealth, which was pouring into the city, to do good, perhaps to build another dome with a University, libraries, concert halls, sports arenas, tourist hotels, and so on, all the while creating jobs and bolstering the economy for the people


    6. 1440 is also the product of 360 times 4, further bolstering its symbolic significance


    7. Dictionaries of the New Testament, and commentators on it, may, if they please, put upon the phrase the sense of 'happiness' in the numberless passage where it occurs, but we deny to them the right to alter the meaning of a well understood Grecian word for the sake of bolstering up their baseless and horrid creed" The Duration and Nature of Future Punishment" 1871


    8. Dictionaries of the New Testament, and commentators on it, may, if they please, put upon the phrase the sense of 'happiness' in the numberless passage where it occurs, but we deny to them the right to alter the meaning of a well understood Grecian word for the sake of bolstering up their baseless and horrid creed


    9. There was nothing in his appearance to give anyone even an inkling of the truth, which was: that he was there for the purpose of bolstering up the characters of the despicable crew of sweaters and slave-drivers who paid his wages


    10. In April 2009, French commodity trading house Louis Dreyfus bought Santelisa Vale, a large processor of sugarcane, in a move aimed at bolstering its own sugar trading business

    11. For this is one of those disheartening instances where truth requires full as much bolstering as error


    1. It is necessary to bolsters the social status of older relatives


    2. He caught it, straightened it, then looked at the remaining bolsters


    3. It only bolsters her concern for the welfare of her region,” added Bjorn


    4. Not only does dancing build a healthier body, it also bolsters the imagination and encourages children to understand and explore the space around them in creative ways


    5. "Yes, but I wished she had never been there; even though she bolsters my case


    6. This bolsters the argument that


    7. The rooms we had before were clean and the beds lain with fresh covers of wolf-skins over linen sheets, the bolsters newly stuffed with fleece


    8. The interior of the roundhouse was warm, and there were plenty of skins and blankets and bolsters to make it a good night of rest


    9. We climbed the stairs; here in the upper chamber we found a wide bed lain with cured and furred animal skins, sheets and bolsters


    10. The interiors were set with fine Roman trappings, everything from golden candle-holders to padded couches, to red Egyptus glassware and tapestries on the walls and rugs on the floor, bolsters on our beds and tall bronze pots to piss in, a warm and cosy bath-house near our room out the back, and in the inner courtyard, where it was walled off from the outer houses and the city itself, Atticos had a long heavy table set up and braziers to burn, as he intended to feast us well

    11. But how much do they ever go out in public? How many emotional bolsters, social curtains, and security walls do they hide behind? How easy is it to actually get to know what a rich person is actually like? You could live with them in the same house for years… and they might never show you their true face


    12. What is to be said about a wartime leader who goes on with war knowing a key part of the strategy is not working? The memo bolsters the conclusion about the senselessness of the war


    13. And the fact that the dead man at DB has been identified as Ukrainian bolsters this theory


    14. When they saw them they were glad that they had taken his advice: the windows had been forced open and were swinging, and the curtains were flapping; the beds were tossed about, and the bolsters slashed and flung upon the floor; the brown mat was torn to pieces


    15. 'Guests unable to sleep in their beds, and good bolsters


    16. For herself, she did nothing but caper about in the front chambers, jump on and off the bedsteads, and lie on the mattresses and piled-up bolsters and pillows before the enormous fires roaring in the


    17. Why are cart bolsters cut and wheel naves turned not from oak, but from birch? Bolsters and naves have to be strong, and oak is not more expensive than birch


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    Synonyms for "bolster"

    bolster long pillow bolster up pad encourage simplify facilitate promote aid accelerate

    "bolster" definitions

    a pillow that is often put across a bed underneath the regular pillows


    support and strengthen


    prop up with a pillow or bolster


    add padding to