"You found it," he said, bracing himself to haul her up.
He backed up slightly, bracing for her reaction.
She squeezed her eyes closed, bracing herself.
She changed into her own clothes and gathered the most important of her belongings before bracing herself to leave the room.
Where is she? she asked, bracing herself for the answer.
Bracing herself, she stepped into the hallway.
The air is bracing, largely because of the city's altitude; the mean annual temperature is 60.8° F.
She leaned down, bracing herself as she rested a trembling hand on his forehead.
Jackson fixed his eyes on the ceiling, bracing for the lecture about responsibility that was sure to come from Sarah.
By reason of its dry and bracing climate, Aliwal North is also a favourite residence of sufferers from chest complaints.
It has good golf links, and is much frequented by visitors for its bracing climate and sea-bathing.
There is much sunshine, and the atmosphere is bracing and exhilarating.
Actually the frost came later than usual that year, the 27th of October, and the weather was dry and bracing; not till the 8th of November did the cold at night become sharp. Even when the Beresina was reached on the 26th November, the cold was far from severe, for the slow and sluggish stream was not frozen over, as is proved by the fact that Eble's pioneers worked in the water all through that terrible day.
The struts and ties are called bracing bars.
The winters are brilliant but cold, and the summers average from 60° to 65° F., with generally clear skies and a bracing atmosphere which makes these regions favourite summer resorts for the people of the cities to the south.
Jackson lingered in the shower; bracing his hands on the wall, letting the water run on the back of his neck.
In general the climate is dry and bracing all over the plateau.
From its bracing qualities this wind, which blows in the summer, is known as the "Cape Doctor."
The web always 44-1; ° now consists of bracing bars.
Warren type in which the bracing bars form equilateral triangles, the Whipple Murphy in which the struts are vertical and the ties inclined, and the lattice in which both struts and ties are inclined at equal angles, usually 45° with the horizontal.
The earliest published theoretical investigations of the stresses in bracing bars were perhaps those in the paper by W.
The suspending rods and cross bracing are very light.
(3) The dead load comprises the weight of the main girders, flooring and wind bracing, or the total weight of the superstructure exclusive of any part directly carried by the piers.
In bridge work this occurs only in some of the bracing bars.
In compression boom, 7 o tons in tension boom, 5 o tons in vertical struts, 6.5 tons in diagonal ties, 8 o tons in wind bracing, and 6.5 tons in cross and rail girders.
The bracing bars, therefore, for this part of the girder must be adapted to resist either tension or thrust.
This result is modified if the action of the load near the section is distributed to the bracing intersections by rail and cross girders.
But if the load is distributed to the bracing intersections by rail and cross girders, then the shear at C' will be greatest when the load extends to N, and will have the values wXADN and -wXNEB.
The climate of Porthcawl is bracing, and the rainfall (averaging 25 in.) is about the lowest on the South Wales coast.
The climate is healthy and bracing, except in the lower valleys along the river banks and in the marsh land, where malarial fever is prevalent.
The bracing weather of Canadian winters is followed by the warmth and humidity of genial summers, under which crops grow in almost tropical luxuriance, while the cool evenings and nights give the plants a robustness of quality which are not to be found in tropical regions, and also make life for the various domestic animals wholesome and comfortable.
It is beautifully situated in the upper part of the valley of the Wharfe, and owing to the fine scenery of the neighbourhood, and to the bracing air of the high moorlands above the valley, has become a favourite health resort.
We talked of rude and simple times, when men sat about large fires in cold, bracing weather, with clear heads; and when other dessert failed, we tried our teeth on many a nut which wise squirrels have long since abandoned, for those which have the thickest shells are commonly empty.
The climate is cool and bracing, and the products of the vicinity include many of the temperate zone.
Its greatest defect is the cold southerly and westerly storms, which cause great losses in cattle and sheep. The Patagonian coast-line and mountainous region are also healthy, having a dry and bracing climate.
The town, built of grey granite, presents a handsome appearance, and being delightfully situated in the midst of the most beautiful pine and birch woods in Scotland, with pure air and a bracing climate, is an attractive resort.
The heat of summer (December-March, which is the rainy season) is tempered by cool breezes; winter (MaySeptember, inclusive) is dry, cold and bracing, and frost prevails for prolonged periods.
The clear, bracing air, according to ancient writers, fostered the intellectual and aesthetic character of the people and endowed them with mental and physical energy.
Above these, the chapadas lie open to the sun and wind and have a cool, bracing atmosphere even where high sun temperatures prevail.
The valleys and coast belt, though practically free from malarial fever, are hot and humid, and fires in dwelling houses are seldom required even in the coolest months; the lower plateaus are cool and the air dry; the uplands are bracing and often very cold, with snow on the ground in winter.
The prevailing winds on the coast are north-east, warm and humid, and south-west, cool and bracing, though in summer the south-west wind brings rain.
Harrismith has a dry, bracing climate and enjoys a high reputation in South Africa as a health resort.
In KiushiO, Shikoku and the southern half of the main island, the months of July and August alone are marked by oppressive heat at the sea-level, while in elevated districts a cool and even bracing temperature may always be found, though the direct rays of the sun retain distressing power.
Diagonal bracing or strutting is nowhere to be found, and in many cases mortises and other joints are such as very materially to weaken the timbers at their points of connection.
As regards climate a choice is offered between the more bracing atmosphere of High Harrogate and the sheltered and warm climate of the low town.
There is also in large bridges wind-bracing to stiffen the structure against horizontal forces.
It can be stiffened by girders and bracing and is then of mixed type, when it loses much of its advantage in economy.
The chains of each pair were connected by bracing so that they formed a stiff inverted arch resisting deformation in its place.
Three types of bracing for the web very early developed the.
Not only were the bracing bars designed to calculated stresses, and the continuity of the girders taken into account, but the validity of the calculations was tested by a verification on the actual bridge of the position of the points of contrary flexure of the centre span.
The Warren type, either with two sets of bracing bars or with intermediate verticals, affords convenient means of supporting the floor girders.
The cross girders, stringers and wind-bracing are wrought iron, the rest of mild steel.
The vertical bracing between the upper and lower members of each rib, which are 12 ft.
"Don't –" she shouted, bracing her hands against his chest.
The climate of Bankura is generally healthy, the cold season being bracing, the air wholesome and dry, and fogs of rare occurrence.
It is picturesquely situated on a well-wooded plateau and has a bracing climate.
She dropped her hand and closed her eyes, bracing herself.
E?Howa, ide n ndon Winter, with cold but clear and bracing weather, usually sets in about the middle of November, and ends with March.
Suddenly, her bracing arm hit air.
Sofia sat down on the bed, careful to keep the blood from her gown, and touched the woman's face, bracing herself.
Bracing herself, she opened the front door and crossed through the house.
"Am I right?" he asked, bracing an arm on either side of her.
