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Meanings of
buttressing
in English
Portuguese
contraforte
Catalan
esperó
Back to the meaning
A support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building.
buttress
Portuguese
contraforte
Usage of
buttressing
in English
1
But some reckon that the new age needs
buttressing
by new thinking.
2
She soothed him gently and sweetly,
buttressing
his weakness with her love.
3
Paul Kimmage and Martin Earley, the other valiant musketeers
buttressing
our partisan interest.
4
Microsoft is
buttressing
this stance in arguing against the ruling from Judge Alsup.
5
But the circumstantial evidence of the hormone's role in
buttressing
male assertiveness is overwhelming.
6
Bumpers' closing speech for Clinton's defense team was credited with strongly
buttressing
Clinton's cause.
7
Either way, these theorists did not ever get any verbal
buttressing
from Dom Manuel.
8
It's old, and I never got around to
buttressing
it where it needs it.
9
With the cold air came cold water, condensing and freezing, and Maria's
buttressing
hand slid.
10
The lower part of the north-east buttress incorporates the remains of the original twelfth-century flat
buttressing
.
11
Earlier this year, Pandora started including audio ads in addition to banners, further
buttressing
its bottom line.
12
Some learn that compliments are knives picking away at the incipient barriers still in need of
buttressing
.
13
The most important function of the defensive is that of covering,
buttressing
,
and intensifying the main attack.
14
Half of it is being held up by
buttressing
,
and it's got huts pitched in the streets.
15
The reality is more on the lines of introducing a third hand that adds
buttressing
in the bass.
16
Bündchen's role in
buttressing
Brady cannot be underestimated, he said, as she maintains a certain cache with advertisers.
Other examples for "buttressing"
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buttressing
buttress
Verb
Present
Frequent collocations
flat buttressing
verbal buttressing
Translations for
buttressing
Portuguese
contraforte
Catalan
esperó
contrafort
Buttressing
through the time