had been bracing
- past perfect progressive of brace.
Example Sentences
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After office buildings failed to fill back up in the years following the pandemic, investors and analysts had been bracing for a wave of defaults in commercial real-estate loans.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Officials had been bracing for intense Santa Ana winds, saying Monday that more than 350,000 customers from Kern to San Diego counties could lose power amid the planned safety shutoffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 10, 2024
Border officials had been bracing for a sharp rise in migrant crossings in the wake of its expiration, though initial data shows US officials saw a much smaller surge than expected.
From BBC ● May 18, 2023
Bitsy Cherry had been bracing for the question ever since most of the members of a board game group that had started meeting online during the pandemic began attending in-person meetings a few months ago.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2022
Ever since my mother walked inside my great-grandmother’s house I had been bracing myself for her kind of crazy.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
