brought
simple past tense and past participle of bring.
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The pulps brought new readers to serious fiction, making it less intimidating with alluring art and low prices.
Yet, for god knows what reason, his name is never brought up in the “Great American Filmmaker” conversation.
Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’ | Marlow Stern | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThe jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly? | Clive Irving | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd increasingly smart navigation aids in the cockpit brought far greater precision and efficiency to route planning.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly? | Clive Irving | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the qualities Mario Cuomo brought to public life—compassion, integrity, commitment to principle—remain in short supply today.
The boys were tumbling about, clinging to his legs, imploring that numerous things be brought back to them.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThe strains of the syren at last woke her uncle, and brought back Miss Hood, who suggested that it was late.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsUnder so many savage blows, the labouring mountains brought forth Turks.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThen Paterno adroitly brought matters to a crisis in a bold peroration which changed the whole scene.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThere were two battalions, together about a thousand men; and they brought a field-piece with them.
British Dictionary definitions for brought
/ (brɔːt) /
the past tense and past participle of bring
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