Use "bolster" in a sentence

1. his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and

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2. Enough to allow me to buy a house or to bolster me if I wanted to follow some dream or other

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3. bolster the defence when needed

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4. He laughs at himself in that hollow way that people do when they want to bolster themselves when the hairs on the back of their necks stand on end

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5. "Then at least we'll know where to bolster our defenses

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6. To bolster Smyrna’s army, our king was forced to raise the levies every year

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7. I fell asleep and the tears soaked my bolster and the nightmares came back frightening in their intensity and scared the shit out of me the guard woke me and I was trembling in every limb and I had a slitting headache

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8. If I am found to be correct in this, then it would serve to bolster the assertion that the name of the “God-Most-High” that Melchizedek was the high priest of was EL

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9. 13 And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth

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10. 16 And when the messengers were come in, note, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster

11. at his bolster, but Abner and the people lay round about him

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12. his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go

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13. Lord's anointed; And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster

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14. His economic ideas couldn’t sell in the real world without a dictatorship and a secret police to bolster them

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15. I knew we were outgunned and outnumbered, but still that brief speech helped bolster my confidence and bravery

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16. “I tried to bolster his confidence

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17. However, there were those among the gathered elves who were not satisfied to simply let their ambient magic reinforce his vows, and chose instead to actively bolster it by casting Compulsion on him at the critical moment

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18. specialness to bolster her in such times

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19. Programs have continued to explore ways to attract women, including sharing the success of female graduates, offering scholarships, helping prospective students bolster their math skills, and supporting networking opportunities

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20. replacement that would bolster the ratings and hopefully keep at least the puny

21. came forward to bolster the President's cause

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22. Sharon? Where was Sharon? She’d always been around to bolster him, to encourage him when he needed her

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23. to bolster the salaries of local and national officials

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24. sums as bribes to bolster the salaries of local and

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25. The sight of a dark-suited, dog-collared fellow of about forty, seemed like a beacon of kindness in a world suddenly turned hostile, so I approached in the hope that, like Jesus, he would gather up this lost sheep and offer shelter – or at least wise words that would assuage the hurt, bolster my flagging self esteem, and set me on the path to redemption

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26. It was essential to define their relationship in a way that would not raise false hopes, but still bolster the youth’s self confidence, not undermine it

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27. Most Japanese see through the ruse, but others enjoy the occasional handouts and street fairs they hold in poorer neighborhoods and rural communities to bolster support

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28. ‘If those criminals are playing tricks, I’ll get them,’ she said loudly in an increasingly vain attempt to bolster flagging courage

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29. The following list provides a few eclectic suggestions on how to bolster a kid’s brain to keep him or her happy, healthy, and constantly growing in his or her education

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30. Children who spend their time learning to tinkle on their pianos or toodle on their saxophones engage in activities that bolster their intellect through math (yes, math!) and creativity

31. Meltz‘s tone seemed designed to bolster the woman‘s sagging resolve

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32. To bolster the free grace view of God’s unconditional love and election,

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33. It is seen as a way to bolster lagging economies, focus public attention, and again, control the people

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34. To secure an advantage, and to bolster the as-

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35. " To facilitate that process, Stallman says he once enrolled in Toastmasters, an organization that helps members bolster

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36. sword," on Torvalds part, that has left the door open for Stallman to bolster his reputation as the hacker community's ethic-

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37. week to bolster the spirit

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38. It was futile to compare the wrongdoings Mitchell knew, but he continued to hear the ranting�s from his selfish father, to bolster his unsightly view of him

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39. bolster their faith in their heart they make it immovable in their head

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40. be re-given or delivered each week to bolster the spirit

41. Garette," he said sheepishly, "I'll do everything in my power to bolster my grades

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42. “Patience mother, we have to make a decision, vengeance or a tactical play that will bolster the morale of our warriors, we can apprehend him and execute him whenever we choose, or we can use him against the Teoti, to answer Jodas and his concerns about the security of Bo-elon, I have warriors on full alert patrolling all the approaches to Bo-elon there is no way the enemy can approach unseen, which leads me to assume that the traitor hasn’t yet given our location to the Teoti

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43. Paradoxically, while western historians undermine the American moral position, Japanese historians actually bolster it; claiming that the atomic bombings broke the stalemate and proved salvation to the Japanese peace faction, who seized upon the atomic bombing as a new development to facilitate surrender

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44. bolster strength and aggression in combat situations

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45. I bolster this argument by reminding myself; you never know

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46. heal me, to have him bolster my energy level with his life force, but he

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47. he might be able to steal the pot early on, or even bolster his

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48. trict attorney or bolster her criminal case, either

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49. As was becoming typical, Modi came up with an innovative idea to bolster this strategy

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50. He wasn’t sure if he was speaking for the benefit of the group or to bolster his own courage

51. Major Olding, was looking to bolster

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52. in the United States to bolster their loyalty to the South

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53. But, on the flip side, the vested interests of the ‘nation of the shopkeepers’, so as to bolster up their commercial interests had ensured that whatever left of the Indian enterprise was truly undermined

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54. Like so many things that never exist in reality but are necessary to bolster mankind's (well-deserved) weak self image, "the balance of power" concept exists only in men's minds

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55. But the family of Lord Galador would prove a very useful ally now, and their wealth would bolster the crown

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56. and smile practiced with only one purpose in mind, to bolster his political

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57. It looked like the troops were sprinkled with civilian militia to bolster their numbers

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58. Without thinking, I launched myself off the pool table and at Damon Wilcox, hand raised to deliver the sort of blow I’d dealt Perry with in the parking lot of Main Stage, only this time so much more powerful, as I had the strength of a prima and the hate and sorrow of a thousand avenging angels to bolster it

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59. Vickerton and the carrier, knew of it, knew even the exact spot beneath the bolster where it was kept, knew it was kept there for safety from the depredations of the vicar's wife, knew the vicar's wife had taken away Priscilla's first present

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60. Jones's bolster being a hiding-place for her money should have spread beyond the village never occurred to him

61. The mist from all this aquatic activity rose coolly in the air, floating off as if to bolster the wispy clouds that danced around the peaks

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62. smiling, hoping a seemingly flippant disregard for the status quo of coolness would bolster her image in the other woman's eyes

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63. tion pushed procreation to bolster the ranks of ‘‘soldiers

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64. She had even been a vocal worker in the University’s own Bureau of Investigative Journalism which as a not-for-profit organisation was designed to bolster journalism by producing high-quality investigations for press and broadcast media

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65. of course begin to bolster immediately

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66. He struggled with the notion that he could not draw D’ata from his despair enough to bolster him up in some way, to help him in this terrible time

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67. None of this would give her a bargaining chip with the district attorney or bolster her criminal case, either

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68. He pulled the bolster off my head

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69. A sense of competition and aggression, or a sense of Pure Wonder and Humaneness? What happens when fun becomes more important than competition? What happens when love becomes more important than hating your enemies, and fighting against them? What happens when courage becomes more important than specialized advantages? What happens when honesty and the truth become more important than lies and fallacies? Then people trying to prove they are better than anyone else; would be exposed as lonely, miserable, egotists; with inferiority complexes… who need to be taught a lesson ,so they do not try and use fake advantages in order to bolster their own egos

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70. How can I describe Telly? He hated his Greek name, Aristotelis, and said that at least Onassis had the money to bolster it, to keep people from laughing at it

71. “I think we have covered everything,” he answered, unwilling to bolster himself

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72. Meanwhile, Dan Brown, per se, and through his book The Da Vinci Code, suggests that Jesus Christ was just a man, gifted and great, but totally human, his divinity a fiction fostered by the church to bolster its authority

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73. world to bolster a preconceived notion about the purpose of “seven stars” is not an attempt to discern

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74. When they realize the cost being taken, they will retire from the fight and I hope to have attained a small decisive victory that will bolster our troops and demoralize their less experienced troops

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75. Before me, across an inlaid floor of tile studded with polished gems, rose a series of steps to a platform from which massive pillars rose to bolster the ceiling of the native rock

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76. that they may bolster your own abilities of leadership

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77. It aims to improve and bolster the current state of education not just in developed nations but also throughout the world

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78. A "pudding" is a thing something like a bolster of stout rope-net stuffed with old junk, but thicker in the middle than at the ends

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79. There were two feather beds, a bolster and two pillows: they were such good things that Sawkins secretly resolved that instead of taking them to the Destructor he would take them to a second-hand dealer and sell

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80. As the notion of quitting settled in, I came up with another reason to bolster my belief that this whole PCT hike had been an outlandishly stupid idea

81. He deposited the articles of clothing on a chair, removed his remaining articles of clothing, took from beneath the bolster at the head of the bed a folded long white nightshirt, inserted his head and arms into the proper apertures of the nightshirt, removed a pillow from the head to the foot of the bed, prepared the bedlinen accordingly and entered the bed

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82. make chambers a natural size so that a woman could sit on it properly he kneels down to do it I suppose there isnt in all creation another man with the habits he has look at the way hes sleeping at the foot of the bed how can he without a hard bolster its well he doesnt kick or he might knock out all my teeth breathing with his hand on his nose like that Indian god he took me to show one wet Sunday in the museum in Kildare street all yellow in a pinafore lying on his side on his hand with his ten toes sticking out that he said was a bigger religion than the jews and Our Lords both put together all over Asia imitating him as hes always imitating everybody I suppose he used to sleep at the foot of the bed too with his big square feet up in his wifes mouth damn this stinking thing anyway wheres this those napkins are ah yes I know I hope the old press doesnt creak ah I knew it would hes sleeping hard had a good time somewhere still she must have given him great value for his money of course he has to pay for it from her O this nuisance of a thing I hope theyll have something better for us in the other world tying ourselves up God help us thats all right for tonight now the lumpy old jingly bed always reminds me of old Cohen I suppose he scratched himself in it often enough and he thinks father bought it from Lord Napier that I used to admire when I was a little girl because I told him easy piano O I like my bed God here we are as bad as ever after 16 years how many houses were we in at all Raymond terrace and Ontario terrace and Lombard street and Holles street and he goes about whistling every time were on the run again his huguenots or the frogs march pretending to help the men with our 4 sticks of furniture and then the City Arms hotel worse and worse says Warden Daly that charming place on the landing always somebody inside praying then leaving all their stinks after them always know who was in there last every time were just getting on right something happens or he puts his big foot in it Thoms and Helys and Mr Cuffes and Drimmies either hes going to be run into prison over his old lottery tickets that was to be all our salvations or he goes and gives impudence well have him coming home with the sack soon out of the Freeman too like the rest on account of those Sinner Fein or the freemasons then well see if the little man he showed me dribbling along in the wet all by himself round by Coadys lane will give him much consolation that he says is so capable and sincerely Irish he is indeed judging by the sincerity of the trousers I saw on him wait theres Georges church bells wait 3 quarters the hour l wait 2 oclock well thats a nice hour of the night for him to be coming home at to anybody climbing down into the area if anybody saw him Ill knock him off that little habit tomorrow first Ill look at his shirt to see or Ill see if he has that French letter still in his pocketbook I suppose he thinks I dont know deceitful men all their 20 pockets arent enough for their lies then why should we tell them even if its the truth they dont believe you then tucked up in bed like those babies in the Aristocrats Masterpiece he brought me another time as if we hadnt enough of that in real life without some old Aristocrat or whatever his name is disgusting you more with those rotten pictures children with two heads and no legs thats the kind of villainy theyre always dreaming about with not another thing in their empty heads they ought to get slow poison the half of them then tea and toast for him buttered on both sides and newlaid eggs I suppose Im nothing any more when I wouldnt let him lick me in Holles street one night man man tyrant as ever for the one thing he slept on the floor half the night naked the way the jews used

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83. Barney wasn’t around, but he’d left a new matter for her – the regional hospital was being sued by a family over an infection called pseudomonas that had eventually led to a patient’s death – along with a hastily scrawled note asking her to get started on finding the appropriate legal decisions necessary to bolster their defense

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84. He was seemingly as soople and as senseless as a bolster

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85. But no one could expect Clyntahn to admit that, and he’d demanded that every possible resource be used to bolster the Army of the Sylmahn, no matter how problematical its chance to hold or how badly those resources might be needed somewhere else

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86. The bed had a spring mattress, and a special sort of bolster and silk pillowcases on the little pillows

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87. He couldn’t argue with the need to bolster that flank as quickly as possible in the face of the Army of Glacierheart’s destruction, and he’d already selected Lord of Horse Zhowku Seidyng, the Earl of Silken Hills, to command the about-to-be-formed Southern Mighty Host of God and the Archangels

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88. In Ashley and his love lay strength upon which to lay her weakness, courage to bolster her fear, ease for her sorrow

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89. Because of its numerous practical applications and its status as a precious metal, investing in silver can bolster your portfolio

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90. When earnings of nonconsolidated subsidiaries are allowed to accumulate in their surplus accounts, they may be used later to bolster up the results of a poor year by means of a large special dividend paid over to the parent company

91. A niggardly policy has often been imposed on a company because its financial position is relatively weak, and it has needed all or most of its earnings (plus depreciation charges) to pay debts and bolster its working-capital position

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