55 collocations for braced

"In the church?" she asked, bracing her feet and tucking the ends of her shawl around them.

"Perhaps," he said, heartily, "if you would put a drop of whisky in the cup it would brace up your mother's nerves.

They withered like hot-house exotics in the free, keen, bracing English air; and in our civil wars, Cavalier and Puritan, in whatever they differed, never differed in their sound and healthy conviction that true religion did not crush, but strengthened and consecrated a valiant and noble manhood.

They braced the yards a little to starboard, hauled the foretopmast staysail sheet well aft, and the captain, thinking he had everything snug, stood looking over the weather rails, watching the approaching squall.

Yet, because I was so weary and old and tired, I would scarcely brace my mind to do anything but stand, and wish myself past those few yards.

He advanced with his thumbs hooked importantly in the arm holes of his vest and braced his legs apart as he faced Bull.

"And you think there's someone hiding in the box?" "There's no doubt about it," said Allardyce, picking up the screwdriver and setting his jaw like a man who needs to brace his courage.

It is with such reckless puns as the foregoing, that I endeavor to brace your spirits for the exhausting struggle with six hours of tragedy played in the most tragic and awful of modern languages.

He braced his hands against the table, thrust back his chair, and arose.

Oliver approached and braced one shoulder against the rock.

The sailor, the trapper, and the explorer value them even above alcohol; and in high latitudes we are assured of their importance in bracing the system to resist the rigors of the Arctic winter.

As he spoke Mr. Harpe braced an arm against the side of the building, crossed his feet, and scratched the back of his head.

And yielding all thought of self she had braced every faculty to accomplish the holy task of which she alone felt the urgency.

"Mr. Bolton, brace up the mizzen-top-sail!

Sometimes that will brace a person up and straighten out his stomach.

Though I could not see her face, the instant change in her attitude, the eager movement of her hands, and the elastic spring that suddenly braced her form, expressed her feeling plainly enough.

The merry notes are nearly drowned the next instant in the rattle of tubs and kettles, the voices of the ship's cook and his mates bawling out the numbers of the messes, as well as by the sound of feet tramping along the decks and down the ladders with the steaming ample store of provisions, such as set up and brace the seaman's frame, and give it vigor for any amount of physical action.

Oddly enough, while we know that this will brace up the Germans, fighting all about their borders on invaded territory, it does not effect the faith of the people here, who have even the courage to turn aside from their own grief, with tears in their eyes, to pity Poland.

Now that he has arrayed his battle against you, brace your harness and loosen your swords.

She still braced her heels against the ground, and it required all the strength of her guards to push and pull her along.

He staggered back and braced 'imself up agin the wall for a bit, and arter staring at Bill Lumm in a wild way for pretty near three minutes he crawled back to 'is lodgings and went straight to

"Thank you, dear, I felt I could trust you," he said simply, and the words braced Katherine for bearing what had to come, more than anything else could have done.

But! was ready for him, and, pulling up quick and bracing my knees, I snapped the thing short, so that he was left to dangle the ivory top.

The intention seems to be to brace the left.

" "What's that?" cried Frank, bracing up a little.

55 collocations for  braced