“This branch of a Phuket restaurant feels authentic in every way, from the enticing aromas emanating from the kitchen to the bracing sounds of Thai pop music blaring from the sound system.”

“Some thought the bracing winds originating in heavily forested tracts northwest of the region were responsible for the lower incidence of contagious diseases among northern compared with southern colonists.”

“It was a storm racked with savage thunder and lightning and atop it rode a young man, standing as a pirate would upon a ship's deck against the bracing winds and rolling sea.”