The phrase "always braced for" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a state of readiness or preparedness for something that is expected to happen, often something negative or challenging.
Example: "She was always braced for criticism, knowing that her work would be scrutinized by her peers."
Alternatives: "constantly prepared for" or "perpetually ready for".
Fantastically amiable, modest, and unshowy, there is something gallant about her, too, as though, deep inside, she is always braced for adversity.
Of course it is dark; I was always braced for horror, hunched over it on the bus like someone with a pain in their stomach.
So, while we are always braced for near-term volatility, an improving economy, stronger corporate profits, reasonably valuations for our stocks, especially given the historically low interest rate environment, and little in the way of investor euphoria has us optimistic about our portfolios as we head into the new year.
I'm always braced for sudden random ickiness.
As I listen, I am always bracing for the old go-to cliché: "Behind every great man is a great woman".
"We see no reason that the future value of Dell should not accrue to all the existing Dell shareholders — not just Michael Dell, Mr. Icahnn, always bracing for a fight, said in a statement.
The executive, Stuart Applebaum, chief spokesman for Random House Inc., said that he and his colleagues "always brace for the inevitable flurry of media calls about our presumptive publishing plans for the Sarah Hughes of the moment".
He lived a more-or-less-normal life for a while, even after his diagnosis, but like most people with M.S., he was always bracing for the next relapse of partial paralysis or numbness or vision failure or any of the other attacks the disease unleashes unpredictably on the nervous system.
All that said, we have to always be braced for the inevitable downturns as we understand that there are constantly issues about which to be concerned – drama in Washington, ongoing trade hostilities with China and the non-stop drumbeat of geopolitical developments – all potential causes of the next big decline.
"Well, I can tell you there are definitely some insane moments in the conclusion and some crazy things happen so, I've always been braced for it as something that isn't designed to just shock for the sake of shocking, but is the culmination of the story in a way that feels organic and surprising.
It's as if the Knicks have grabbed the market on miracles, and the Heat and the Pacers are always bracing themselves for a cruel twist of fate.
