Example Sentences

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He confirms that he’s been chipping away at a debut LP, which will brandish a more “fast and punchy” rock sound that recall his days playing basement shows.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025

Mr Johnson will brandish his sheaf of eco-documents at delegates and offer a challenge: My friends - if we can do it, you can do it.

From BBC • Oct. 20, 2021

In De Gaulle's eyes, France's most effective lever on leadership will be its force de frappe, which he will brandish as proof of France's rightful place beside the U.S. and Britain in directing Western policy.

From Time Magazine Archive

The moral reformers will brandish aloft the tinkling weapon, enthusiastic in their determination to use it to the utmost and bring down tippling to a minimum.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 20. July, 1877. by Various