How to Use brace yourself in a Sentence

brace yourself

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• So, step right up to the plate and brace yourself for one hell of a swing.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 15 July 2026
• And then the Pisces lunar eclipse hits the same zone as Saturn, so brace yourself for an emotional plot twist.
  — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 31 Aug. 2025
• In fact, brace yourself, because something out of the blue might trigger an argument or some kind of conflict or jealousy.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2025
• Set aside an afternoon or two to make these sandwich cookies, and brace yourself for the first round to look less than Laduree-worthy.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
• Best brace yourself for such visuals in a film that gets off on flashing X-rays, UV scans and CG renderings of the damage football does to the human body.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025
• Merit’s Great Skin Priming Moisturizer’s list of ingredients and benefits is long, so brace yourself.
  — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 15 Feb. 2026
• Spilling the Sweet Southern Hospitality Vegas, brace yourself – Charleston’s hottest nightlife crew is clocking in for a show-stopping shift with Republic-level revelry.
  — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 30 Sep. 2025
• And brace yourself for interference, for disruption, for turmoil and for an event that threatens to be even more politically charged than the last two men’s World Cups in Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022.
  — Oliver Kay, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
• The remaining ingredients are (brace yourself) anti-inflammatory, antioxidant-rich, barrier-strengthening, moisture-retaining, pollution-protecting, and softening.
  — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 26 Jan. 2026
• The remaining ingredients are (brace yourself) anti-inflammatory, antioxidant-rich, barrier-strengthening, moisture-retaining, pollution-protecting, and softening.
  — Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 26 June 2026