Example Sentences

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In the past the big cattle and sheep outfits had brooked no interference.

From Land of the Burnt Thigh by Voorhies, Stephen J.

For fifty years her firm hand had brooked no slightest interference with the family steering-wheel, and now that it was removed the household machinery came to a standstill.

From Quin by Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan

As in life, so it was in death; the calm that had brooked and beaten down the turbulent instincts of the boy, the imperturbable calm of a great soul.

From The Drums of Jeopardy by MacGrath, Harold

I thrilled to hear him, for I saw he spoke the truth, and I understood at last how bitterly he had brooked the way that I had used him.

From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose

It was evident that he had brooked her refusal as long as he could.

From The Redemption of David Corson by Goss, Charles Frederic