Example Sentences

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Team principal Frederic Vasseur has been brushing them aside.

From BBC • Dec. 11, 2025

Renard has played her entire club career in France, yet has been brushing up on her English for the World Cup.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2023

Lauren Chouinard, a 27-year-old digital marketing manager in Capitola, Calif., has been brushing twice a day for three months with a charcoal toothpaste she bought online for $15.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 12, 2018

The next day, Zuckerberg – who has been brushing up on his Mandarin – had a meeting with China’s propaganda chief, Liu Yunshan.

From The Guardian • May 12, 2016

Then he places the clothes he has been brushing on the Beau's chair in a ridiculous semblance of a man.

From The Harlequinade An Excursion by Calthrop, Dion Clayton