"Some Circles," the Kandinsky piece, moved like a hot cloud, one step away from stillness, in bracing, slightly clashing harmony.
Al Green and Lily Tomlin are bracing, slightly unexpected choices — less eye-roll-inducing, certainly, than last year's embrace of Billy Joel.
At age nine, presented with an alternative mum during my parents' divorce, I discovered that my mother's style was the only one I could relate to: bracing, slightly formal, sometimes bleak.
The whiskey was incorporated into rich creamy ganache, imbuing the chocolate with its bracing, slightly spicy flavor.
It has untangled its music ever so slightly, and it's already braced for a reaction.
According to another report released Tuesday, the December survey of consumers by the Conference Board, overall consumer confidence dropped to its lowest levels on record this month, after rising slightly in November, as Americans braced for a long recession.
While some viewers confessed to being slightly bored, others said they were left feeling braced.
The original tender design proved to be inadequately braced and subject to serious leakage if even slightly damaged, or when water surges caused the welded joints to split.
Don covered his face, probably wishing to unsee the look on Sally's face when she caught him with Sylvia, and he braced himself against the wall as he swayed ever so slightly.
It is also possible to tie a long branch between two other branches braced in the ground, though this can be more difficult and slightly less sturdy.
