The carpenters placed a buttress along the south side of the building. From LearnThat.org.
buttress your thesis. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
The end of the buttress was a foot or two below the level of the leads, where Clara stood. From Wordnik.com. [Wilfrid Cumbermede] Reference
Close to this window, and rising up just above the sill of the clerestory windows, is a narrow, flat buttress, which is probably of the same date as the window. From Wordnik.com. [Bell's Cathedrals: Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See] Reference
ChangeWave's survey results on dropped calls buttress the complaints made by iPhone users since Apple introduced the smartphone: AT&T's network performance is sub-standard. From Wordnik.com. [PCWorld] Reference
This kind of buttress was also used in the next, or Semi-Norman style. From Wordnik.com. [The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed.] Reference
A very large ancient building was found standing upon the wall or buttress. From Wordnik.com. [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference
To each corner is attached diagonally a long, narrow, slightly receding buttress. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Now, in no way should this be viewed as a buttress for becoming a career academic. From Wordnik.com. [OG Oyiborhoro: Tomorrow Starts Today] Reference
This mammoth arch is more of a flying buttress spanning the canyon than a real bridge. From Wordnik.com. [Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania] Reference
Less than two hours later, something happened that served to buttress Mr. Darling's point. From Wordnik.com. [Climbing Up the Down Staircase] Reference
They point to unsubstantiated conspiracies and fringe sources to buttress the fairy tales. From Wordnik.com. [Amb. Marc Ginsberg: Mahmoud's Media Minions] Reference
Really, I explained, we're out of gas and asked to borrow a liter to buttress this assertion. From Wordnik.com. [Africa Dispatch: Zimbabwe's Diamond 'Monitors'] Reference
But it does buttress the views of many teachers I know that they are not in this for the money. From Wordnik.com. [First controlled study: Teacher merit pay doesn't work] Reference
Next this capping was almost insensibly dropped, and the buttress became a mere flat strip of wall. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888] Reference
The disguised sled — its para-grav units turned off — lurched and skidded around buttress roots. From Wordnik.com. [Missing Link] Reference
They are entirely about defending any and all Israeli policies and, to buttress that goal, demonizing Muslims. From Wordnik.com. [MJ Rosenberg: Inside Story: Why ADL Is Opposing Ground Zero Mosque] Reference
On the south side is a beautifully-sculptured portal, supported on each side by an elegant pinnacled buttress. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Of course I lay as still as death, and fortunately the shadow of a buttress fell exactly across the spot where. From Wordnik.com. [The King's Warrant A Story of Old and New France] Reference
But while the buttress in Gothic architecture has been in process of development, what has the vault been doing?. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888] Reference
Prosecutors said in court Monday they had collected scientific evidence to buttress their case that Mr. Clemens lied. From Wordnik.com. [Clemens Pleads Not Guilty] Reference
Gothic architecture, and, like the buttress, it will be seen that it arose entirely out of constructive difficulties. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 647, May 26, 1888] Reference
And though Hobson welcomes the science, he says psychoanalysts are "trying to pump up a flat tire" by using it to buttress Freud. From Wordnik.com. [What Dreams Are Made Of] Reference
Prosecutors get the spoils of attacking institutions with big fines often helping to buttress budgets and make splashy headlines. From Wordnik.com. [In Search of Justice for Wall (Street)] Reference
But Pappas even had some documents to buttress his case, sources say, including one titled "Draft Update for the Secretary of Defense.". From Wordnik.com. [THE ABU GHRAIB SCANDAL COVER-UP?] Reference
Peacekeepers (possibly American) could be stationed there, much as they are in the Sinai to buttress the peace between Israel and Egypt. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Should Talk To Syria Now] Reference
Again, the problems are often real, but they need to be presented in the starkest terms to excite interest or buttress proposed remedies. From Wordnik.com. [Book Excerpt: 'Untruth: Why The Conventional Wisdom Is (Almost Always) Wrong'] Reference
Beijing seized on last week's immolations in Tiananmen to buttress its assertion that Falun Gong practitioners have been cruelly brainwashed. From Wordnik.com. [China's Growing Holy War] Reference
When he tried to buttress his case by posting evidence on his Web site, critics found grave errors there, too, purporting to support his thesis. From Wordnik.com. [Gunning For A Bad Book] Reference
Any contrary information is either dismissed as the work of uninformed cranks or -- worse -- ingeniously adjusted and used to buttress The Story. From Wordnik.com. [A Black Hole] Reference
The appearance of a second apparent victim would bolster the prosecution's case and buttress the credibility of the three siblings who have testified so far. From Wordnik.com. [The Accuser Speaks] Reference
CBS Legal analyst Andrew Cohen wrote of the importance of Walker's craft in laying out factual evidence presented at trial to buttress his legal conclusions. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Levin, J.D.: In Prop 8 Case Constitutional Concepts of Marriage and Discrimination Are Key] Reference
He has undermined the political landscape in Britain by blindly supporting the United States to buttress his personal image and align himself with a more powerful nation. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Blair's Legacy] Reference
If there is evidence of WMD or direct relationships with al-Qaida, the administration has a chance -- a better chance -- to buttress the original justification for the war. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: For Bush, Saddam Is Icing On The Cake] Reference
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