bruit
verb (used with object)
to voice abroad; rumor (used chiefly in the passive and often followed byabout ).
bruits
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present tense formof bruit (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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She bruits the notion of “an emergency semicolon.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2015
But for such evil bruits Mr. Touchwood cared not, even if he happened to hear of them, which was very doubtful.
From St. Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott
"De tous les bruits du monde celui de la musique est le plus desagreable!" was my ever-recurring thought.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by H. P. (Helena Petrovna) Blavatsky
Meanwhile there were bruits of great doings in the north of Lincolnshire.
From Hereward, the Last of the English by Charles Kingsley
Faults are descried and magnified; no sympathy is felt for the sufferer, but a vulgar curiosity bruits the ill-natured rumor, and many hearts must hence bleed in their unseen solitude.
From The Young Maiden by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
