brass
Example Sentences
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Even small companies are bulking up their efforts to safeguard top brass.
Gen. Billy Mitchell, who led American air forces during World War I, staged a famous demonstration off the Virginia coast for Navy brass in 1921 with the captured German battleship Ostfriesland as the target.
From Los Angeles Times
During the studio tour, the artist pulled out a piece of brass wire bent to spell out her name, a keepsake from when she was 12.
From Los Angeles Times
But the evidence is mounting that the department’s brass blew it, or, to borrow a phrase from Bass, “botched it.”
From Los Angeles Times
The main residence has a grand staircase with custom brass handrails.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
