have brained
- present perfect of brain.
Example Sentences
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And here the wind of our going would have brained an ox.
From At a Winter's Fire by Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph
"I made a grab at her cap, and I thought she'd have brained me."
From Handy Andy, Volume 2 — a Tale of Irish Life by Lover, Samuel
His left arm hung withered by his side; at his girdle he swung a bunch of keys, with any one of which a strong man might have brained an ox.
From The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV by Relyea, C. M. (Charles Mark)
It was lucky I stopped laughing time enough to bid Lanty hold his hand, for the honest fellow would else have brained my gallant adversary.
From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace
A Ranger knocks it aside, while another aims a blow that would have brained the savage had not Rodney knocked it aside, for he had recognized Conrad!
From Rodney, the Ranger With Daniel Morgan on Trail and Battlefield by Goss, John
