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

My food was brought to me by the Turkish porter, a brawny fellow, who could have brained me with his fist.

From Paul Patoff by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)

"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