Sentence examples for have girded from inspiring English sources

In Providence, the police have girded for an attack.

If you'd unraveled all the crochet in that house, the yarn would have girded the world.

Their spirits were broken too, but not completely; ritual and spirituality have girded them.

The three major auction houses have girded their Gurskys and dusted down their Doigs for their contemporary art sales on Friday and Saturday.

Describing himself as an America Firster, he has talked scathingly about many of the institutions that have girded the Pax Americana, including NATO, the European Union, and the World Trade Organization.

Although Verizon claims to have "girded" the system with "mechanisms designed to protect against misuse of our customers' location data," the abuses in question clearly slipped through the cracks.

Months of bleak talk from ministers has girded voters for the pain to come.

Ms. Azim, who is allergic to pollen and horses, had girded for the excursion with Claritin.

His father's sword he has girded on, and his wild harp slung behind him.

Having girded my loins for rent-a-gob hour, I find quite the opposite.

Singapore, or the "wired island", as it likes to call itself, has girded itself in high-speed networks and set up a $1 billion fund for "technopreneurs".