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    brace


    braced


    braces


    bracing


    1. I brace myself for his negative reaction


    2. “I’ve got a nice brace of kalic, let’s shred some of that up


    3. words before you brace up to listen to this most interesting


    4. Okay, Zarko, brace yourself


    5. I'll just have to grit my teeth, brace myself and bear it


    6. She put a weak hand down on the bed to brace herself as Sebastian helped her drink


    7. knife and began to slash away, but hit a steel brace that had been placed around Seward’s neck following his accident, and this


    8. white colored brace things around their necks


    9. With a brace!”


    10. Wyll chimed in, “They do know about the brace, but according to Floppy, one would have to be specially built and quite expensive, too

    11. Putting a paddle down into the sand to brace himself, balancing carefully with his beer, with the doobie clenched between his lips; he eased up and out of the craft


    12. She was still wearing a neck brace, which had been put on by the paramedics at the time


    13. Then, about half way through the race, in addition to the weather and the landscape, I became painfully aware of a blister forming on my left heel under the brace


    14. that brace against the hull yesterday


    15. due to me for the quick action with caulk and brace


    16. Edgar had been there often enough to brace himself against the sensual onslaught, but he hadn’t prepared himself for what else he saw when his eyes grew accustomed to the gloom


    17. And the rejection for which you brace


    18. She reluctantly brought her legs up to brace herself properly


    19. He was in among the trees and shaking out a blanket with which to cover Elizabeth when he became aware that the two Russians were walking towards their car, each carrying a brace of flapping chickens


    20. I brace myself for his reaction

    21. Grabbing the leather brace on his


    22. He is about to hit the ground and closes his eyes to brace for impact


    23. Minutes later, he was wrapping the brace on her arm in plastic


    24. He was gratified to find that he could get a good grip on the armrests, and that the footboard was positioned against his soles so he could brace himself solidly with his feet and his shoulders


    25. stern like it did before, you might be yanked into the water before you had a chance to brace


    26. Here it is, brace yourself…


    27. We balance the beams and brace the walls, hoping it will stand


    28. Grandmudda put her arm round mine, to brace her steps


    29. Scarlett’s hand found a booth to brace herself


    30. Did you even care I was gone? Did you even look?” She shook her head, standing up to brace against the nightstand

    31. You brace yourself, power through with your legs and flip over onto her back, your ass slams into the ground


    32. The children hunched their shoulders, closed their eyes, and grabbed hands to brace one another, but no collision ensued


    33. My head hurt for a few moments, but then the pain subsided and I learned to sway with the motion of the vehicle instead of trying to brace myself against it


    34. SEVERE BRUISING THAT WAS NOW STARTING TO SUBSIDE 4HE BRACE FROM HIS SHOULDERS TO HIS


    35. I’m going to remove the cast in another week to put on a smaller, lighter one with a brace in it so he can transfer his weight off the heel and into the upper thigh


    36. She put out her hand to brace against the dashboard as they took Dead Man’s Curve and down the long hill into town


    37. She saw a Zingaran sailor, blinded by a great flap of scalp torn loose and hanging over his eyes, brace his straddling legs and drive his sword to the hilt in a black belly


    38. Well into the afternoon hours before anyone made an appearance and that was a brace of armed soldiers in Hunter’s green carrying bows, blades and pistols


    39. New York: Harcourt Brace


    40. While his dinner cooked, I caught a brace of the lizards feeding them to the birds

    41. Brace yourself, a revelation is about to be exposed


    42. The water was shallower allowing him to kneel and brace his body against the powerful undulations of his mud colored adversary; still he could not loose it


    43. Use this brace during the day after the Band-Aids are removed


    44. Hack used the cavern wall to brace himself as he sulks in disbelief


    45. She staggers and uses the opposite wall to brace herself from falling


    46. “Chip, please brace yourself and don"t lose it


    47. brace himself and he knew if he fell then the results would be a broken hip


    48. With her shoulder, she pushed Stacy again, and the girl fell over—some movement during the fall, perhaps more instinctual than conscious to brace herself


    49. brace these concepts is if we are able to achieve the Te, which are guiding virtues that we must have to able to embrace our path and achieve


    50. Then, he told me to brace myself for hell on












































    1. You wait until the ambulance boys have you braced up


    2. We pulled on our hoods and braced ourselves


    3. Vyinga was standing on the forward end of the bales right behind Konfar, feet braced wide on the slippery tarp


    4. With a physical urgency usually reserved for athletes and Special Forces troops, Miss Jones launched herself into a standing position, braced her legs upon the pavement and picked up her handbag in the most menacing way that she could manage


    5. She braced herself up against the washer


    6. bulkhead, she braced her legs


    7. I braced myself


    8. Clenching her teeth, she braced herself once more for the brute force sure to break upon her


    9. Before she even braced


    10. Obviously a show-biz elevator thought Ben as he crouched down and braced himself for the worst

    11. She ran outside and braced herself, clinging to a lamppost against the wind, holding onto Sarah with her other arm


    12. Tianon’s section, on the other hand, was quite well maintained, and the buildings there were large and often braced by stone


    13. Once all the knots were tied and checked, Chris and Fletcher moved a safe distance back from their respective edges and braced themselves


    14. Fletcher braced himself, ready to take the strain on the rope but there was no need


    15. He closed his eyes, braced himself and pulled it, quickly withdrawing his hand


    16. Psyche braced her hands on the edge of her desk, sitting shakily


    17. Ky dropped his goggles over his eyes, lifted the drill into position and braced himself against it


    18. He braced his elbows on the table and bowed his head onto his hands


    19. Danny's and hung off his arm, which was braced


    20. He braced himself

    21. they should be,” and with that said, he braced himself and was


    22. Jack braced himself


    23. All hatches should be open and all halyards let go, so that the sails may hang loosely and the yards counter braced


    24. Raven knew what was coming and braced himself


    25. He braced himself, afraid yet desperate to hear her answer


    26. Esther braced herself for the unknown and decided that being honest with Mrs


    27. cigar, and Hillenbrand braced himself, faking unconsciousness


    28. As William braced himself he was amazed how familiar this was becoming to him


    29. My body arched out over the stairs, and I braced for the impact of the hard stone—


    30. The airframe was covered in the finest Irish linen, and it was framed up with spruce spars, hickory and ash, braced with piano wire internally and braided aircraft cable externally

    31. Palming the door-pad, Elohat braced himself for the noise that would blast his ears when it opened


    32. The table was strongly braced with some light framing, to keep it from sagging under maps and coffee cups


    33. I was about to point out that I was only thirty-three and consequently, according to national averages, not even middle-aged yet, but my cautious instincts got the better of me, and I simply braced myself for the beating which was probably where this would soon end


    34. in the hull and then braced with a timber


    35. He raced to the open door and braced himself in the doorframe, as one rocket after another screamed and its reverberations pounded the air


    36. He clamped his jaws rigid and sat with his arms braced against the window frame, unwilling to shift his weight


    37. Amonas then braced Hilderich from under his armpits with both arms trying not to cause him any more pain, and dragged him over to the large trunk of a tree propping him up against it so he could breathe without fear of drowning in his own blood


    38. These were heavily braced for landings, but had no brakes


    39. Standing in the open airlock doorway, he braced his head against the top of the frame and held on with his left hand


    40. Had the regularity of their cries meant that this had been their usual lot, but the pain’s sudden return wiped any thoughts of others from her mind as she braced for another round

    41. The door to his reception hall slid open, and he braced himself for the mind control


    42. He had braced himself and he was determined to break down all of her defenses so all could be good again, or at least more real


    43. Tifa braced herself in the door


    44. She braced herself and


    45. She braced herself as the water rose to her waist


    46. She straightened again, took a deep breath, and braced herself for the blast of emotion she knew she’d feel again when she looked at him


    47. This sent Visinniria into fresh paroxysms of hilarity, while Falgaroth sat like a dog with his forelegs braced wide, so overcome with the unique huffing laughter of the unicorns that he once almost rolled over backward


    48. He braced himself above me with one arm and with the other he held my body close to him


    49. Moshe, knowing that he would get only one opportunity, braced himself as he came alongside and pulled sharply on the reins while making a desperate grab at the clawing arm


    50. Moshe and his crew held the barge tight against the bank with braced poles as a wooden












































    1. “I know what you need,” he said, “Belt, braces and bailing


    2. Doesn't seem five minutes since you were all buck teeth and braces


    3. I still remember he wore braces back then


    4. “This, as you might guess, is the master key that opens all the locked neck braces at once


    5. I then started putting all new braces back on and welding them the way they were supposed to be


    6. He wore braces instead of a belt and his shirt was always sloppily half-tucked into his pants in a very annoying fashion


    7. She picked at her bottom lip, her braces dark against white teeth


    8. I had graduated to the use of a cane (plus the leg braces) instead of the walker, but it was very precarious balancing on the stool before I had to jump up on the table


    9. As I was still in leg braces and using a cane, I decided to enter through the sheriff’s entrance rather than the main door for less hassle


    10. I wanted to get beyond the leg braces, the fatigue, and the hair loss

    11. I didn’t remove the braces at the doctor’s office, because I wanted to be home for my first steps


    12. It was a precious and private moment when I discarded the braces and experienced a new freedom that most people said would never happen


    13. The braces were off, and for the first time in months, I could bend my feet and ankles


    14. Walking without leg braces also meant I could start wearing normal shoes instead of large clunky ones that fit over braces and big cotton socks


    15. Elior’s face twisted in pain as he suddenly grabbed hold of one of the braces that held the cover of the carriage and tried to stand up


    16. Jeanine braces herself against the desk, spluttering and gasping


    17. At the top of the stairs Shauna gets out of the chair and works her way down the steps with the braces, one at a time


    18. Shauna walks with her braces, Zeke pushing the empty wheelchair, and exchanges small talk with Amar


    19. statements enclosing the curly braces are known as function body


    20. Right after these parentheses we can find the body of the main function enclosed in braces ({})

    21. contained within these braces is what the function does when it is executed


    22. The scope of local variables is limited to the block enclosed in braces ({}) where they are declared


    23. from his braces and tossed it into the basket, accepting the flower


    24. costume clung to his figure, taut over the braces and belt of his


    25. his Ice Materia from the pouch of his utility braces, hurriedly


    26. Over the next week Hamish worked very hard and the day came when Jock came in and said that today was the day he was going to be fitted for leg braces, and once he had them they would start him on the walking bars, the sooner the better Hamish said


    27. Over time, the legs and braces of the


    28. braces apologised (as they always do) for the cold gel


    29. braces may affect the sensation


    30. ) She had cute blond pigtails, a mouthful of braces, and was possibly

    31. They were immensely strong so we attached braces front and rear and dragged them up until they fitted like a second skin; deep into bum cracks, splitting balls and squashing cocks against our bellies


    32. She braces for the storm she knows


    33. His final thought, as the aged man addressed him, was that if he still knew him around Christmas time he would get him some braces as a gift


    34. IN BANDAGES AND PREVENTED FROM MOVING BY A SERIES OF BRACES THAT HELD HIS BROKEN BONES


    35. STILL LYING IN THE BED SUPPORTED BY THE VARIETY OF BRACES HOLDING HIM MOTIONLESS (IS HAIR


    36. GUESS WHY HE HAS ALL THOSE BRACES ON HIM AND IF HES ALSO HAVING SCANS THAT COULD BE A REALLY


    37. SUPPORTED BY BRACES IN HIS HOSPITAL BED


    38. She has braces, partially there to correct a jarring over bight, and partially there to correct several spaces in her teeth


    39. Then, too, she watched as her braces came off and her teeth were straightened


    40. They reeled about like drunken men, fumbling mechanically at ropes and braces

    41. Once the guy has his glass ball all set then he gets a mate who is willing to play the doctor and then the guy whacks his shlong out on the table and braces for the pain


    42. After asking several party-animals for directions one of them, a young red-headed woman wearing braces crouched down and then gently hoisted me to her chest


    43. Even my braces are organic


    44. She whacked Joey in the head with a fist and said, “Leave my braces out of this!”


    45. He thinking about aliens, superpowers, having a giant robotic-suit, candy, getting taller, and the only way Lezura will get a man, is if she loses the braces


    46. “And I suppose you did a better job when you met him—showing off those ugly braces like they’re accessories?”


    47. Back on Earth he was never the type to be asked out by girls, even the ones with acne, braces and huge glasses or the chubby ones


    48. Farah complied readily enough, going to one alcove and making it lean forward against the support braces of the alcove


    49. Inside the heavy black car, Pandora Driver stares into six headlights and braces herself


    50. The mech braces itself and reaches out












































    1. It is easy and bracing and is a vital first blow in our battle against bad posture


    2. You may feel you are too sleepy to do them then but you will find that some of the asanas are very bracing owing to their stimulating effect on the nervous system and soon give you a wide-awake feeling


    3. So, starting with one of those bracing exercises, here is a ten-minute practice schedule which is not beyond the means of anyone


    4. Tom found that he was bracing himself to ameliorate the effects


    5. Where I had the bracing underneath the poker table was thick 1 inch plywood


    6. his friend the reins of his beloved donkey, bracing himself


    7. She planted one foot in the snow, bracing for the cat to lunge


    8. Penelope did the same, bracing as her eyes darted around the large room


    9. He was invigorated by the air and the bracing wind and the sight of the vanishing ball of the sun which was turning the sky a rich shade of orange


    10. His knees hit the seabed and he stood, bracing himself against the incoming waves breaking against his back, feeling the exhilaration flood through his body

    11. Outside, the night air was cold and bracing, and in the black vault of


    12. William was bracing himself for a rebuttal from Clarence


    13. I pushed back against my chair without meaning to, my feet bracing against the ground


    14. I returned the photo and rolled out of bed with a groan, bracing myself for the difficulty of standing and facing another day


    15. I could see the last few men and women gathered around me and Falconi, bracing themselves for a last stroke, a last defiant kill, their faces grim but flushed red from the heat of the battle


    16. Sitting beside the Russian in the jeep’s front seat, Colling held onto the windshield with his right hand while bracing himself with his left hand against the dashboard


    17. She had forgotten how bracing and stimulating he could be


    18. Bracing his hands on either side of the cracked porcelain sink,


    19. Bracing his arms on either side of the porthole, Cloud inhaled


    20. Busy bracing for war,

    21. Far below him Joshua still stood, bracing himself with that magnificent old standard


    22. purpose of collectively bracing ourselves, either; there was


    23. General Nail spurred his horse, moving himself behind the men bracing for the enemy


    24. Bracing for their next action as best his weakened body could


    25. When the sun shone it was delightful; when cold, bracing; when wet, horrible


    26. Tristan’s eyes are worried, and I realize suddenly that my head is in his lap and his hands are bracing either side of my face


    27. ” Maurice sat, bracing himself


    28. She lifted his head up, then rocked her rear slowly, bracing herself


    29. The hillmen held the ridges, and the mercenaries, gripping their dipping pikes, bracing their feet in the bloody earth, held the Pass


    30. Bracing their feet in the wallowing sea of blood whose crimson waves lapped about their ankles, the pikemen in the Pass mouth drove forward, crushing strongly against the milling ranks before them

    31. Tito sprang to take his place, and Conan, bracing his feet wide on the heaving poop-deck, lifted his bow


    32. Conan hurled the flopping corpse to the floor, turned to the sword again and gripped the hilt with both hands, bracing his feet against the floor


    33. If you don’t have a tripod, you can still take quality photos by bracing yourself while shooting


    34. In February, when the sixteen sons of Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía returned, still marked with the cross of ashes, Aureliano Triste spoke to them about Rebeca in the tumult of the celebration and in half a day they restored the appearance of the house, changing doors and windows, painting the front with gay colors, bracing walls and pouring fresh cement on the floor, but they could not get any authorization to continue the work inside


    35. centimetres, then a stop while Gupta adjusted his bracing


    36. seconds to reduce the bracing to rubble and Jo to lead the


    37. After bracing ourselves, we


    38. � Bracing herself mentally and physically, Nancy hoped that the sentry would not be a sharp one


    39. Bracing herself against the beam, Nancy concentrated for a few seconds, then tensed her muscles


    40. By paying out the rope this way and bracing his body against the solid rock, he should maintain control

    41. It was then that Max knew they would not make it; he could only sit there bracing himself, as he watched the inevitable


    42. Bracing themselves against the surge of acceleration, everyone near the monitors could see a decrease in the approach speed of the mass, but it was still closing on them


    43. ‘We’re going to be in Ilfracombe, Devon in three hours’ explains Watkin to the kids as they enjoy the bracing sea air and enjoy wandering around the paddle steamer, looking at its enormous wooden paddle on each side of the boat and the onboard, coal fired steam engines, sending out hisses and snorts as it works


    44. bracing of three tiers of compartments


    45. “8 months” he replied bracing himself for the next question


    46. I stand tall, even angling out a bit over the abyss, bracing against the


    47. Despite bracing herself in advance, Ingrid felt tears coming to her eyes nearly as soon as she entered the lit garage with Tucker and Bateman: over half of the bodies lined side by side on the concrete floor were of Air Force personnel


    48. Kitara took her station at tactical, bracing herself for the jump which would give 129


    49. Bracing himself, Mark was pulled up short by the offer of a length of dirty, clear plastic tubing


    50. The reason for this is that those who are inebriated flow with the accident, where the non inebriated people tensed their muscles, bracing for impact, and compounded their injuries














































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    Synonyms for "brace"

    brace bracing bitstock braces orthodontic braces gallus suspender pair couple couplet distich duad duet duo dyad span twain twosome yoke arouse energise energize perk up stimulate stabilise stabilize steady poise shore prop strength stay strut grip clasp vice consolidate back up buttress fortify stiffen clamp harden hearten nerve encourage strengthen

    "brace" definitions

    a support that steadies or strengthens something else


    two items of the same kind


    a set of two similar things considered as a unit


    either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material


    a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it


    elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)


    an appliance that corrects dental irregularities


    a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring


    a structural member used to stiffen a framework


    prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult


    support or hold steady and make steadfast, with or as if with a brace


    support by bracing


    cause to be alert and energetic