brandish
verb (used with object)
to shake or wave, as a weapon; flourish.
are brandishing
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present progressiveof brandish.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The version of the game the Washington Commanders are brandishing at the moment might be at times unsightly and is probably unsustainable.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 27, 2022
In one moment the adolescent heroes are brandishing a 1989 Billy Ripken Fleer card; in the next they’re navigating the Cabbage Patch Kids craze, which happened in 1983.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2021
As we watch the bottom of the pit rise toward us, demons are brandishing crossbows, war hammers and lightsabers.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 25, 2014
The combatants are brandishing tens of billions of dollars and mobilizing squadrons of bankers and lawyers on a scale previously unimagined.
From Time Magazine Archive
They are brandishing metal detectors and trowels in a foot-by-foot survey of the historic ground.
From Time Magazine Archive
