- present participle of brandish.
brandishing
Example Sentences
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Brandishing charts that show the path to any objective, they see the future as knowable and amenable to our control.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
Brandishing nukes had nothing to do with it.
From Slate • Oct. 30, 2025
Brandishing new ways doesn’t have to mean holstering old ones.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024
Brandishing his economic credentials, Netanyahu promised financial relief to households buckling under inflation.
From Reuters • Jul. 26, 2023
Brandishing the plastic cutlass at Clyde, I cried, “Walk the plank, Admiral!”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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