buoyed up

Ready to sink, he found instead that he was floating, buoyed up by the garbage.

She was buoyed up by him, and by the visit they had just made.

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.

The Democrats' dilemma is made worse by the mainstream news media, which has consistently buoyed up the Republican Party by normalizing its lies, failed policies and generally sociopathic behavior.

Many students who have missed their grades will appreciate the extra privacy, but others will miss being buoyed up by hugs and sympathy from friends.