brook
noun
a small, natural stream of fresh water.
have brooked
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present perfectof brook.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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How can his colleagues have brooked such a thing?
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2021
Critics say the “owner” families have brooked no challenge or contradiction and have surrounded themselves with kowtowing managers.
From New York Times ● Jan. 7, 2015
The Archbishop of Tyre was an emissary well chosen to communicate to Richard tidings, which from another voice the lion-hearted King would not have brooked to hear without the most unbounded explosions of resentment.
From The Talisman by Sir Walter Scott
They would not have brooked the law's delay.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various
Nevertheless, there was something in Watson's manner that called for no challenge; something that would have brooked no refusal.
From The Blind Spot by Austin Hall
