1 Once they made him wear a brace but he fretted so he was downright ill.
2 So they stood, each with a foot placed at an angle as a brace, and both shoving with might and main, and glowering at each other with hate.
3 Huck was given a seat and the old man and his brace of tall sons speedily dressed themselves.
4 I got to tell the truth, and you want to brace up, Miss Mary, because it's a bad kind, and going to be hard to take, but there ain't no help for it.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark TwainContext Highlight In CHAPTER XXVIII. 5 He went into his cabin and came back with a brace of pistols.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son. 6 Together all set their sheets, and all at once slacken their canvas to left and again to right; together they brace and unbrace the yard-arms aloft; prosperous gales waft the fleet along.
7 First he commands his comrades to follow his signals, brace their courage to arms and prepare for battle.
8 It was a brace of pistols, hanging near the head of her grandfather's bed, which he always kept there loaded, as a precaution against possible burglars, the house being very lonely.
Return of the Native By Thomas HardyContext Highlight In BOOK 5: 4 The Ministrations of a Half-forgotten One 9 Then tears come; and, like the rain on the ropes, they brace us up, until perhaps the strain become too great, and we break.
10 Now, Chichikov," went on Nozdrev, "let me show you a truly magnificent brace of dogs.
11 "Another petitioner," answered the man with the braces.
12 Rostov turned and was about to go, but the man in the braces stopped him.
13 By and by Calypso brought him some linen to make the sails, and he made these too, excellently, making them fast with braces and sheets.
14 I am already far north of London, and as I walk in the streets of Petersburgh, I feel a cold northern breeze play upon my cheeks, which braces my nerves and fills me with delight.
15 A coat and waistcoat were lying on the floor, and from a hook behind the door, with his own braces round his neck, was hanging the managing director of the Franco-Midland Hardware Company.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IV. The Adventure of The Stockbroker's Clerk