gird
Example Sentences
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Gird yourself, or prepare to drive to Pasadena during the evening rush hour, as I once did, to meet a date at a coffee shop steps from her front door.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023
"But channel that anger. Harness that frustration. Keep pushing harder and harder for more and more. Because that's what's required to meet that challenge. Gird yourself for a marathon, not a sprint."
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2021
On this date in 1910, Richard Gird, partner of Ed and Al Schiefflin in the founding of Tombstone, and known in later years as the “father of the California beet sugar industry,” died.
From Washington Times • May 24, 2017
Gird your snow boots for one last workout.
From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2015
“Dallben gave me this! Gird it on me—I mean, if you please. Say you will. I want you to be the one to do it.”
From "The Black Cauldron" by Lloyd Alexander
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