She was being carried forward; she could feel hard shoulders braced under her arms.

I could see Jamie over his shoulder, braced in the window like a cat about to spring.

Reme, too, his shoulders braced against the rock wall, was staring into that mass of vegetation.

With shoulders braced to the dank substance of the mound he managed to keep his feet.

Suddenly he would jerk upright, his wide shoulders braced as though he'd felt a blow.

She was on a kitchen floor, left shoulder braced against the base of the cabinet under the sink, head lolled back.

He tried to bolt upright, only to discover he was already sitting, his shoulders braced against the shuttle's inner wall.

"It's only" The coughing shook him hard; I could see his shoulders braced against it.

He was standing with one shoulder braced against the wall.

I tried to slip along, one shoulder braced against the mound, with the very small comfort of knowing that side of me protected.