bracing
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Synonyms for bracing
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cordial, invigorating, refreshing, rejuvenating, restorative, reviving, stimulating, stimulative, tonic, vital, vitalizing
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May there be a bracing aroma of brine in the air in honor of your bicentennial, Mr. Melville. — Colin Fleming, Washington Post, "Celebrating Herman Melville, the poet," 26 Aug. 2019 The tariffs Trump envisioned, which would begin at five per cent but could reach as high as twenty-five per cent by the fall, are a particularly bracing prospect at the current moment. — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, "How Trump’s Tariff Threat Could Outsource the Asylum Crisis to Mexico," 19 June 2019 The most bracing pieces are sometimes the least defensible. — Rich Lowry, National Review, "The Post-Liberal Dead End," 7 June 2019 Cecil Taylor, a pianist who challenged the jazz tradition that produced him and became one of the most bracing, rhapsodic, abstract and original improvisers of his time, died on Thursday at his home in Brooklyn. — Ben Ratliff, New York Times, "Cecil Taylor, Pianist Who Defied Jazz Orthodoxy, Is Dead at 89," 6 Apr. 2018 Her evisceration of these egotistical wannabes — everybody will recognize at least a few of the characters — might be even more bracing at close range. — Margaret Gray, latimes.com, "The 99-Seat Beat: 'Improvised Musical' at Second City, 'Kitteridge' writer's adoption drama," 4 May 2018 That's why an approach that is poison to a good chunk of the political and media world could be a bracing tonic for the president's supporters in the midterms. — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, "Backlash against border policy grows, but furor could help Trump in midterms," 20 June 2018 The bright lime juice and herbaceous cilantro are most bracing straight out of the blender. — Bon Appetit, "Charred Tomato Salsa," 28 May 2018 Ironically, a new and far more bracing example of the genre was just getting underway across town. — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "Lauren Halsey takes a fantastic voyage in MOCA's 'we still here, there'," 24 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bracing.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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