Held up by braces or buttresses.
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Examples for "buttressed "
Examples for "buttressed "
1 They are believed because they present overwhelming quantities of mutually buttressed evidence.
2 Teflon - buttressed sutures plus pericardium patch achieved the successful repair of the rupture.
3 Alviro felt himself buttressed by the quiet strength of this vigorous youth.
4 The ceiling was rounded and intricately buttressed by a lattice of two-by-fours.
5 Against their arrogance her indignation buttressed her lineal with her mental superiority.
1 Thus he braced our flagging spirits, speaking words of encouragement and hope.
2 Investors braced for other political and economic news in a busy week.
3 Riot police and soldiers are on high alert braced for more violence.
4 Officials said they were braced for further flooding in the industrialised state.
5 We were prepared, braced , to answer questions in half a dozen tongues.
6 The Middle East is braced for yet another day of anti-government demonstrations.
7 Investors also braced for the next round of the U.S.-China trade conflict.
8 This can't last, yet councils are braced for greater cuts to come.
9 They take on Colchester United on Tuesday braced for a difficult task.
10 Investors are certainly braced for this eventuality - and many welcome it.
11 Philippine authorities braced for another storm that could hit later this week.
12 Timothy worked away in silence, his knees braced in the soft ground.
13 The pretender braced himself for the scrutiny the eyes made of him.
14 By and by he heard voices in the hall and braced himself.
15 The Election Commission is braced for a deluge of complaints and challenges.
16 I braced myself for her embrace; she'd never known her own strength.
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About this term braced
brace Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Braced across language varieties