buoyed up
Example Sentences
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Neapolitan pizza does not need to be buoyed up by legends of Aeneas and his dish-eating crew: It stands on its own merits with a glorious and colorful past.
From Salon • Feb. 6, 2022
She is, on the whole, buoyed up by the vast protests triggered by Floyd’s death.
From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2020
I think she wanted to keep us buoyed up.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2019
It is not enough to lift all boats, their work suggests, if the poshest vessels are always buoyed up more than the humblest.
From Economist • Jun. 14, 2018
We waded into the crowd, hands linked, our snaking line slightly parabolic in the middle where Olive buoyed up like an astronaut walking on the moon.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
