Sentence examples for braced for an from inspiring English sources

We braced for an onslaught of attack and innuendo.

As the year ended, utilities braced for an anticipated massive wave of industry consolidation.

Turning up for my designated tour at 5.30pm, I am braced for an anti-climax.

Mr. Arafat's guards said they had been braced for an onslaught tonight, not an announcement.

For months they had braced for an onslaught of harsh attack commercials from him.

As I waited to collect her, I was braced for an inquisition.

"We were braced for an attack but not on this scale," says Moussa Akfar, a local security expert.

But as the last United Nations peacekeepers left town on Thursday, those who remained braced for an even heavier bombardment.

In Gaza itself, Palestinians braced for an Israeli attack, buying food and preparing booby traps for Israeli soldiers.

After that, American officials braced for an increase in attacks to protest the new interim government, but that never materialized.

Damascus residents braced for an expected assault, stockpiling food and supplies and moving away from military installations, Reuters reported.