: giving strength, vigor, or freshness
a bracing breeze
bracingly
adverb
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a chilly but bracing day
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The classic styles run from Sercial, the driest and most bracing, through Verdelho, which sits in the medium-dry range, to Boal (or Bual) for medium-sweet wines, and Malvasia (often labeled Malmsey) at the richest end of the spectrum.
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
America’s modern-day plutocrats, this bracing book contends, enjoy a similar privilege.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
But a bracing and wince-inducing mid-game twist shakes up this familiar cadence.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Tossed with some of the vegetable’s green leaves and a bracing garlic-anchovy dressing, the salad pairs beautifully with rich pastas and roasted meats.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 30 Oct. 2025
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Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
America’s modern-day plutocrats, this bracing book contends, enjoy a similar privilege.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
But a bracing and wince-inducing mid-game twist shakes up this familiar cadence.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Dec. 2025
Tossed with some of the vegetable’s green leaves and a bracing garlic-anchovy dressing, the salad pairs beautifully with rich pastas and roasted meats.
—Saveur Editors, Saveur, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bracing
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“Bracing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bracing. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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