brace

Example Sentences

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It now must brace itself for a much larger potential refugee outflow from Iran.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

The kind of bite where your lips pull back, your teeth barely touch the thing, and you brace for impact.

From Salon • Mar. 17, 2026

Having finally secured a flight back to London via Cairo and Rome, Patten then had to brace himself for take-off.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Markets’ reaction: Oil prices are surging and U.S. stock futures point to sizable losses on Wall Street as investors brace for the economic fallout of an extended war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Each rod had a threaded end that narrowed to a point, and the other end was shaped to fit into a carpenter’s brace.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman