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Bolstered

Bolster \Bol"ster\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bolstered; p. pr. & vb. n. Bolstering.]

  1. To support with a bolster or pillow.
    --S. Sharp.

  2. To support, hold up, or maintain with difficulty or unusual effort; -- often with up.

    To bolster baseness.
    --Drayton.

    Shoddy inventions designed to bolster up a factitious pride.
    --Compton Reade.

Bolstered

Bolstered \Bol"stered\, a.

  1. Supported; upheld.

  2. Swelled out.

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bolstered

vb. (en-past of: bolster)

Usage examples of "bolstered".

Air Force fatigues, with a Czech-made ZKR target pistol bolstered on her left side for the cross draw she favored.

Doc did the same with his weapon, the LeMat bolstered at his hip, the Webley jutting from his belt.

Colt Python bolstered on his hip, and several of his beloved throwing knives concealed about him.

Ryan bolstered his blaster, seeing that the double sec doors into the section were firmly closed.

I confess that I would feel more comfortable with my Le Mat bolstered once more on my hip.

All of the seven friends had bolstered their guns while they stopped to examine the samurai arrow.

He bolstered the blaster and drew the panga, gripping it between his teeth, the steel cold and bitter on his tongue.

Air Force fatigues, with a Czech-made ZKR target pistol bolstered on her left side for the cross draw she favored.

Ryan bolstered his blaster, seeing that the double sec doors into the section were firmly closed.

To her right, on the next block, was the hulk of the fire station, and tucked beside it, like a bolstered weapon, the police station.

Muffling her cries against his shirt, he unsnapped the service revolver bolstered under his jacket, and stole around the back of the aisle for a view of the cash register.

The hypothesis is bolstered by the popularity of daytime talk shows and psychic hotlines.

Ryan bolstered the blaster, passingly wondering at how tight his index finger had been on the trigger.

Tomorrow, she decided, getting ready for bed, no longer bolstered up by her friends and mugs of tea, she would go to the office and ask to leave.

She turned calmly, bolstered her weapon and went back to work on the keys.