bracing

adjective

brac·​ing ˈbrā-siŋ How to pronounce bracing (audio)
: giving strength, vigor, or freshness
a bracing breeze
bracingly adverb

Examples of bracing in a Sentence

a chilly but bracing day
Recent Examples on the Web Humiliating himself with his conduct interviewing Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week, Bret Baier probably won’t find the bracing cold open of Saturday Night Live tonight very amusing. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024 The differences between what the proofs indicate Goya originally intended and what finally appeared in the bracing first edition, which wasn’t printed until 35 years after his death, can surprise. Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2024 Here is a clear-eyed survey of what ails ocean life, shaped by Scales’s own experience and a bracing look at what’s being done. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2024 Its pale green color is the natural result of steeping lemon balm and hyssop in the spirit, and it’s bottled at a bracing 130 proof. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for bracing 

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Word History

First Known Use

1752, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bracing was in 1752

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“Bracing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bracing. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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