Sentence examples for stands braced from inspiring English sources

Superman, long in the tooth, stands braced by a walker, its metal legs confining his flowing cape.

In the foreground, a young white couple stood braced as if for a revelation.

As you wait for someone to answer the door, you stand braced for a snarling Alsatian, a tattooed fist, a slammed door.

I stood braced for dead-on-arrival stats, which turned out less harsh then expected.

He looked then at a friend, a guard, who stood braced against the waist-high rail that keeps the witnesses a step back from this riveted death chamber.

Then he stood bracing the garage door while pieces of ceiling fell on him….

As the curtain rises, they stand there braced, each with one leg pointing back and one arm raised ahead.

And then someone totally tweeted '@CameronCRussell, you look like you're watching tennis.' " Makeup completed, Ms. Russell stood and braced her hands on the stool, flipping her head over and submitting her hair to a few more rounds of spraying and teasing by her hairstylist.

Mr. Nightness stands with feet braced, his broad body made more substantial by a stiff trench coat.

My colleague stood up, bracing himself.

And if you can stand the bracing wind, the end of the pier makes a great spot to take in the area's selection of fireworks displays come midnight.