Example Sentences

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I am bracing myself for the backlash in the comments, but here you go: I have never had one in the 24 years since I moved out of my parents' home.

From Salon • May 20, 2022

"I am bracing myself," a former South Korean Lieutenant General admitted, in private.

From BBC • May 8, 2022

I am bracing myself for the teenage years.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2018