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
At the brink of a crisis, he navigates a feudalistic world with an evil emperor, noble houses and subjugated peoples, a tale right out of mythology and right at home in George Lucas’s brainpan.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
When you really want to drive home a message, you drill it right into the brainpan.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2014
I kept my face still as a plaster mask, but inside my brainpan, thoughts chased round and round.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
