Sentence examples for were girded from inspiring English sources

We were girded for an aberration".

"They were girding for the Enron wars".

Many Yemenis were girding themselves for more bloodshed.

Union workers were girding themselves for a long battle.

Network correspondents here were girding to be reassigned from convention coverage to hurricane coverage, heavy rain gear and all.

Still, there were signs that forces in both parties were girding for battle over concessions that made the coalition possible.

But even as the Americans units were moving ahead, commanders were girding for a more difficult fight.

The Rev. David F. McAllister-Wilson, president of Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., said both sides were girding for a struggle.

Southern opponents were girding for full-scale legislative war that is almost certain to reach its climax in a drawn-out Senate filibuster.

Her body language was frequently pugilistic, as if she were girding for a scuffle, and more than one song was illustrated with clenched fists.

The ministry upstairs, similarly, was girded for a long fight.