Example Sentences

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Brandishing charts that show the path to any objective, they see the future as knowable and amenable to our control.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

Brandishing nukes had nothing to do with it.

From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025

Brandishing new ways doesn’t have to mean holstering old ones.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

"Brandishing nuclear weapons to coerce the United States and its allies is irresponsible."

From Reuters • Oct. 13, 2022

Brandishing the plastic cutlass at Clyde, I cried, “Walk the plank, Admiral!”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole