Sentence examples for seemed braced for from inspiring English sources

In Israel, the authorities seemed braced for yet more rocket fire from Hamas.

The city seemed braced for the dropped charges, providing new fodder for those who see Mr. Busch as a playboy whose money and influence have protected him — though not those around him — from the consequences of a reckless life.

As far as the unresolved presidential race, the public seems braced for more bickering.

One advantage the McGreevey administration has as it prepares the budget is that the New Jersey public seems braced for a tax increase.

The White House seems braced for the result and does not interpret the likely outcome as a repudiation of the president or a blot on his legacy.

They also seem braced for the impact; 49% expect public services to get a little worse as a result of the cuts, and 35% expect them to get much worse.

But unlike Democrats, who truly seem braced for a concession, Republicans are working behind the scenes to prepare other legal and political paths if the verdict does not go their way, from the Florida Legislature to the United States Congress.

Ryan Markel's customers often seem braced for a conversation with the condescending computer guy on Saturday Night Live when they first meet with him and his colleagues at Take Ctrl, an outsourced IT provider in Irvine, Calif.

Alternately arrogant and pathetic, his only power is to make mercenary Paddy -- who claims he has no soul, and that if he did he'd "be after selling it already" -- seem bracing for his honesty.

At least it doesn't dwell on polygamy, they said, and its ribald humor seems braced by traditional values and affection for the Mormon characters.

Indeed, Fargo seems braced to repel an invading army.