brainpan
Example Sentences
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The Jewish children’s charity has burrowed into the national brainpan for more than 10 years and attracted government scrutiny for its charitable disbursements.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
“Ignorance” is gray and confined within a cage, “Shame” is purple with nails pounded into its squashed brainpan, and “The Subconscious” is covered in gold leaf and recessed into a blue rectangle.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2023
Lately, all these gifts — the big brainpan, the quick tongue, the upper-class diction — have allowed him to make a reputation playing characters who are very bright but not quite normal.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2014
I’ve got a lot on my brainpan these days!
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2014
A dim plan had hatched itself in my brainpan without my consent, and I did not much like it.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
