brushing
- present participle of brush.
Example Sentences
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While Le Pen beamed at the cameras, brushing off suggestions her deputy would mind being sidelined and insisting "our personal ambitions are absolutely irrelevant", he barely reacted and scarcely smiled.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
There, Chip stands in front of the cheese case for a moment, brushing past the string cheese and the Parmesan shakers before settling on a packet of American singles.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
They are far more likely caused by forceful brushing, acidic drinks and processed diets than by natural chewing forces.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 8, 2026
Czernowitz was by then a Habsburg afterimage: Jews, Germans, Romanians, Ukrainians and Poles, brushing past one another in schools, markets and cafes, their lives conducted in competing alphabets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
She reached out, brushing it away, then touching his cheek with the tips of her fingers.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
