Sentence examples similar to bracing oneself for from inspiring English sources

The instinct, in these circumstances, is to brace oneself for the onslaught of unbearable Aussie swagger.

Until then, though, one can simply admire hip-hop's ability to reconstitute itself, and brace oneself for the Snoop Dogg reggaeton record, which will surely be along within the week.

One braces oneself for an austere bout of hopeless, unrequited miserablism, when the narrative takes an entirely unexpected turn with the arrival of Elizabeth Costello, the prim, lady-novelist subject of Coetzee's last book, who breezes in with a seemingly omniscient knowledge of the hero's emotional situation.

One braces oneself for off-key registers when a scholar starts talking about popular culture; but when Warner talks about, say, Men in Black, you are relieved to find that she gets the point of that film as much as she gets the point of The Odyssey.

Farmers are bracing for it.

Mandiant is bracing for reprisals.

MUHAMMAD HANIF is bracing for a slump.

Both sides are bracing for a lockout.

Moderate Republicans are bracing for the challenges.

But they are bracing for a change.

Eichfeld is bracing for an austere year.