brandish

As someone who has hyper-specific playlists to regulate my moods, I appreciate that whether you want to party, chill outside or brandish your middle finger to the world, the Salon DJ Collective has you covered.

From Salon ● Jun. 6, 2026

He didn’t brandish it as a symbol or treat the moment like a breakthrough to be celebrated.

From Slate ● Jan. 3, 2026

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

People on social media brandish gold-flecked pans and nuggets while showing off their equipment, ranging from old-fashioned picks to gold-separating sluice boxes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 13, 2025

Reputation is like a sort of armor, or a weapon you can brandish if need be.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

Slim Pickens yee-hawed riding “Dr. Strangelove’s” atomic bomb to oblivion; Cruise brandishes his grandpappy’s original shovel that struck crude in 1917 and whoops, “Oil is the mother’s milk of Earth!”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Georginio Rutter takes out Alex Matos in an aerial challenge and the referee brandishes his yellow card.

From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024

Adia Barnes brandishes honesty like a feather, sharp enough at the tip to make a point, soft around the edges to soothe the ego.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 12, 2022

Notice how Hussman brandishes the shield of objectivity in making the case for his own perspective:

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2021

She picks up a chopstick and brandishes it as a sword.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

Banners reading "249 articles in 22 days" were brandished at a Monday vigil in central London attended by thousands of people, in which speaker after speaker attacked the media's role in the scandal.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

As Lewis left court, the family of Ross brandished a framed photograph the dead woman, and shouted at him: "Darcy Ross, remember her name."

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

They brandished the Mexican flag seemingly everywhere: on banners, painted on cheeks, emblazoned on Jaimes’ tube top.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

And unlike Michael Drejka, she brandished her gun without discharging it.

From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026

She brandished a five-foot-long spear, its barbed metal tip flickering with red light.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

Earlier this morning, she was huddled in a room full of men—each brandishing neatly bullet-pointed memos—drumming up talking points about A.I. safety that will soon be disseminated across Capitol Hill.

From Slate ● Oct. 15, 2026

But over the past couple of years, every other person seems to have ditched their headphones and is brandishing their phones like radios set to a nightmare station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

We are here because Eatherly went well beyond brandishing a loaded epithet.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

He arrives at election counts wearing a metallic dustbin-shaped helmet, a silver cape and silver-and-black armour and brandishing his razor-sharp, deadpan sense of humour.

From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026

On March 28, thousands of Inkatha members, brandishing spears and knobkerries, marched through Johannesburg to a rally in the center of town.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela