Sentence examples for buttress for from inspiring English sources

Until recently, manufacturing had been a buttress for the nation's economy, helping it resist headwinds from Europe's snowballing debt crisis.

The central core is left unexcavated until sides and crown are safely supported, thus providing a convenient central buttress for bracing the temporary support in each individual drift.

And these shootings in New York City, each offering dark buttress for the mayor's argument, occurred in a 72-hour time frame.

His administration provided a strong democratic buttress for the government of the Weimar Republic, and, during the late 1920s and early 1930s, a last outpost for the beleaguered German Social Democrats.

WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney is seen by more voters in three battleground states as a strong leader after his dominant debate performance last week, but perceptions that the economy is improving remain a buttress for President Obama as the 2012 campaign comes down to its final weeks.

We describe an alternative method which used the fibula remnant (anlage) as a buttress for lateral stabilization of the ankle.

Our wives were present, necessary buttresses for this delicate moment.

Huge floating sea ice shelves around Antarctica provide buttresses for the glaciers and ice sheets on the continent.

That transformative process got off to a slow start as the 2011 Mets were beaten, perhaps predictably, 6-2, by the Florida Marlins and their ace, Josh Johnson, on opening night, buttressing for one night the forecasts of the doomsayers.

But the ban nevertheless remained at public offices, regarded as the stronghold of secularism and buttressed for decades by a powerful military that had staged three coups against civilian governments.

Since his milling gear was too small to handle the steel buttresses for P.S. 1, Mr. Massie e-mailed outlines directly to Maloya Laser, in Commack, N.Y., which donated its laser-cutting services.