adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a bracing musical experiment
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a bracing ocean breeze
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Hank loved the feel of the bracing sea air against his face.
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the bracing taste of ginger
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Tourists are attracted by the beautiful scenery and bracing mountain climate.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As it happened, we never met more than a bracing Force 5.
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But, carping apart, Rattle's performance of the Brahms remains one of the most bracing and intelligent anywhere.
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He found in Byers a bracing scepticism like his own.
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It is this bracing action which allows the legs to work during the forward swing.
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She found Jen's contempt for politicians both bracing and worrying.
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The kettle was boiling, and he could smell the bracing aroma of frying eggs and bacon.
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Try a bracing dash up to the pool, followed by a plunge into the deep end.
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When I was young, all we heard about ozone was that it was bracing sea air.