Sentence examples for bolstering up from inspiring English sources

"We would not rule out a new form of nuclear test for bolstering up our nuclear deterrence," it said in March.

Weinberg & the other dupes on the McKesson & Robbins board might have been sued for negligence, but they avoided litigation by voluntarily bolstering up the company with a gift of $600,000, of which Weinberg provided around $75,000.

But his policy of bolstering up the Turkish Empire was supported neither by the entire Cabinet nor by public opinion, and the government, badly shaken, had to reverse its policy.

"It is nobody's secret that the U.S. and South Korean puppet regime are massively bolstering up cyberforces in a bid to intensify the subversive activities and sabotages against the DPRK," the North's Korean Central News Agency said, using the acronym of the country's official name, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Then, this April, at the height of tensions incited by the North's nuclear test in February, the country declared that it would "adjust and alter the use of the existing nuclear facilities" for "bolstering up the nuclear armed force both in quality and quantity".

You could have understood a shoddy director dragging them in to gloss over his technical deficiencies, but there are no technical deficiencies about Stanley Kubrick and his film is far too good to need bolstering up with such repellent shock tactics".

Lastly, AFP-WI also sought to incubate promising political talent by bolstering up-and-coming conservative stars.

A serious young friend of ours has decided to give his life in an attempt to bolster up our confidence.

If you're nervous, it's tempting to bolster up some Dutch courage by piling up the drinks.

He also writes that "the consciousness of being in the right can bolster up morale, though this affects the civilian population more than the troops".

Jack L. Warner, busiest of the Brothers, is genially inclined to bolster up the courage of those who are ready to throw in the towel.