Crossword-Solution: BOLSTERED
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Bolstered | imp. & p. p. | of Bolster |
| Bolstered | a. | Supported; upheld. |
| Bolstered | a. | Swelled out. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “BOLSTERED”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Shored up | 1 answer |
| Supported, with "up" | 1 answer |
| PROPPED up | 5 answers |
| sustained | 7 answers |
| Backed | 13 answers |
| Supported. | 65 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
AECZEM
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with BOLSTERED (5)
Having bolstered his men's spirits with his words, they were very optimistic, trusting the great judgement of the captain.
Long-run prospects for the tourist sector have been greatly bolstered by the expansion of air travel in the Pacific and the rapidly rising prosperity of leading East Asian countries.
Bolstered by a widespread national desire to reintegrate into Western Europe, Estonia has adhered to disciplined fiscal and financial policies and has led the FSU countries in pursuing economic reform.
She bolstered up her assurance of this as she rode toward the Antelope Peaks, but her hope lacked buoyancy, because she doubted if they had any idea of where he had been going to spend the day.
You were bolstered up very loyally by the Krupp firm and so forth, you piled up shell, guns, war material, you hoped to snatch your victory before the industrialisation and invention of the world could turn upon you.
Quotes with BOLSTERED (3)
Yet each disappointment Ted felt in his wife, each incremental deflation, was accompanied by a seizure of guilt; many years ago, he had taken the passion he felt for Susan and folded it in half, so he no longer had a drowning, helpless feeling when he glimpsed her beside him in bed: her ropy arms and soft, generous ass. Then he’d folded it in half again, so when he felt desire for Susan, it no longer brought with it an edgy terror of never being satisfied. Then in half again,…
I know you, Ruth Ann Carver. I know you better than you know yourself. You think you do things right. You think you're a paragon of right living. This is a self-told lie, one bolstered by your coddling parents and grandparents.
It is nearly impossible to feel anything negative in here. Because you’re really connected, to everything, here… but it’s only meant to be a temporary sanctuary, a place to remember yourself. In time you’ll want your negative thoughts, your emotional baggage back, and you’ll have hopefully bolstered yourself enough with the Sanctum’s reminder of your Source that you can come out with fresh perspective. When you’ve had enough of it, you’ll know, and then come and join us outside.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, NYT.
Used 2 times in crossword archives (1981–2012).