strengthener

Example Sentences

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For one thing, “very” is a fraud, masquerading as a strengthener when it merely wheedles and pleads.

From Washington Post • Oct. 12, 2022

A doctor suggested ballet as a strengthener when she complained of pain in the arches of her feet, and the household mobilized to make sure she got to lessons.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2021

That acted as a strengthener, while continuing to draw chlorides out of the material.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 7, 2015

Gerard adds: "Wild Thyme boiled in wine and drunk is good against the wamblings and gripings of the belly": whilst Culpeper describes it as "a strengthener of the lungs, as notable a one as grows."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

Softener and strengthener of men, Freedom, not won by the vain, Not to be courted in play, Not to be kept without pain.

From The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell by Lowell, James Russell