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    bracing


    1. It is easy and bracing and is a vital first blow in our battle against bad posture


    2. You may feel you are too sleepy to do them then but you will find that some of the asanas are very bracing owing to their stimulating effect on the nervous system and soon give you a wide-awake feeling


    3. So, starting with one of those bracing exercises, here is a ten-minute practice schedule which is not beyond the means of anyone


    4. Tom found that he was bracing himself to ameliorate the effects


    5. Where I had the bracing underneath the poker table was thick 1 inch plywood


    6. his friend the reins of his beloved donkey, bracing himself


    7. She planted one foot in the snow, bracing for the cat to lunge


    8. Penelope did the same, bracing as her eyes darted around the large room


    9. He was invigorated by the air and the bracing wind and the sight of the vanishing ball of the sun which was turning the sky a rich shade of orange


    10. His knees hit the seabed and he stood, bracing himself against the incoming waves breaking against his back, feeling the exhilaration flood through his body

    11. Outside, the night air was cold and bracing, and in the black vault of


    12. William was bracing himself for a rebuttal from Clarence


    13. I pushed back against my chair without meaning to, my feet bracing against the ground


    14. I returned the photo and rolled out of bed with a groan, bracing myself for the difficulty of standing and facing another day


    15. I could see the last few men and women gathered around me and Falconi, bracing themselves for a last stroke, a last defiant kill, their faces grim but flushed red from the heat of the battle


    16. Sitting beside the Russian in the jeep’s front seat, Colling held onto the windshield with his right hand while bracing himself with his left hand against the dashboard


    17. She had forgotten how bracing and stimulating he could be


    18. Bracing his hands on either side of the cracked porcelain sink,


    19. Bracing his arms on either side of the porthole, Cloud inhaled


    20. Busy bracing for war,

    21. Far below him Joshua still stood, bracing himself with that magnificent old standard


    22. purpose of collectively bracing ourselves, either; there was


    23. General Nail spurred his horse, moving himself behind the men bracing for the enemy


    24. Bracing for their next action as best his weakened body could


    25. When the sun shone it was delightful; when cold, bracing; when wet, horrible


    26. Tristan’s eyes are worried, and I realize suddenly that my head is in his lap and his hands are bracing either side of my face


    27. ” Maurice sat, bracing himself


    28. She lifted his head up, then rocked her rear slowly, bracing herself


    29. The hillmen held the ridges, and the mercenaries, gripping their dipping pikes, bracing their feet in the bloody earth, held the Pass


    30. Bracing their feet in the wallowing sea of blood whose crimson waves lapped about their ankles, the pikemen in the Pass mouth drove forward, crushing strongly against the milling ranks before them

    31. Tito sprang to take his place, and Conan, bracing his feet wide on the heaving poop-deck, lifted his bow


    32. Conan hurled the flopping corpse to the floor, turned to the sword again and gripped the hilt with both hands, bracing his feet against the floor


    33. If you don’t have a tripod, you can still take quality photos by bracing yourself while shooting


    34. In February, when the sixteen sons of Colonel Aureli-ano Buendía returned, still marked with the cross of ashes, Aureliano Triste spoke to them about Rebeca in the tumult of the celebration and in half a day they restored the appearance of the house, changing doors and windows, painting the front with gay colors, bracing walls and pouring fresh cement on the floor, but they could not get any authorization to continue the work inside


    35. centimetres, then a stop while Gupta adjusted his bracing


    36. seconds to reduce the bracing to rubble and Jo to lead the


    37. After bracing ourselves, we


    38. � Bracing herself mentally and physically, Nancy hoped that the sentry would not be a sharp one


    39. Bracing herself against the beam, Nancy concentrated for a few seconds, then tensed her muscles


    40. By paying out the rope this way and bracing his body against the solid rock, he should maintain control

    41. It was then that Max knew they would not make it; he could only sit there bracing himself, as he watched the inevitable


    42. Bracing themselves against the surge of acceleration, everyone near the monitors could see a decrease in the approach speed of the mass, but it was still closing on them


    43. ‘We’re going to be in Ilfracombe, Devon in three hours’ explains Watkin to the kids as they enjoy the bracing sea air and enjoy wandering around the paddle steamer, looking at its enormous wooden paddle on each side of the boat and the onboard, coal fired steam engines, sending out hisses and snorts as it works


    44. bracing of three tiers of compartments


    45. “8 months” he replied bracing himself for the next question


    46. I stand tall, even angling out a bit over the abyss, bracing against the


    47. Despite bracing herself in advance, Ingrid felt tears coming to her eyes nearly as soon as she entered the lit garage with Tucker and Bateman: over half of the bodies lined side by side on the concrete floor were of Air Force personnel


    48. Kitara took her station at tactical, bracing herself for the jump which would give 129


    49. Bracing himself, Mark was pulled up short by the offer of a length of dirty, clear plastic tubing


    50. The reason for this is that those who are inebriated flow with the accident, where the non inebriated people tensed their muscles, bracing for impact, and compounded their injuries














































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    Synonyms for "bracing"

    brace bracing brisk fresh refreshful refreshing tonic

    "bracing" definitions

    a structural member used to stiffen a framework


    imparting vitality and energy