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Brandished before the board was a letter from William Bishop, vice president of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then with a leap a single shape,      With beauty on its chin, Brandished a little screaming ape .

From Spectra A Book of Poetic Experiments by Ficke, Arthur Davison

Brandished in its captain's hands, the Nautilus was simply a fearsome harpoon.

From Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Walter, F. P.

Scared by the sharp sword's singing sound, Brandished in air, the foe gave ground.

From Heimskringla, or the Chronicle of the Kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson

See! a broken sword, Brandished, she said, by thy father, When foiled in the last of his fights.’

From Stories of the Wagner Opera by Guerber, H. A. (Hélène Adeline)