strapping

Example Sentences

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Until then, the average investor’s choice is between moving everything into cash, or strapping in for the ride.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Why people are strapping cameras on their bodies to do chores.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 13, 2026

Overlooking David’s many strapping older brothers, the wise elder anoints the astonished kid as the next king, but cautions him that the ceremony must be kept secret.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

That's the view of strapping fellow paceman Brydon Carse who is one of six speedsters in the tourists' squad vying to be in the XI for the first Test starting in Perth on Friday.

From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025

He was a big strapping boy when I last seen him four years ago and now he be fifteen and must be big as a oak!

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis