brass

Example Sentences

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He goes in for proclamatory melody, each note an event, when punched out by brass and lower string like hammering spikes in the ground.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Attendees had to be turned away from one breakfast meeting with top military brass because of legal limits enforced by a fire marshal.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

Unless the Spurs top brass act quickly, that might just be where Igor Tudor is taking them.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

“Investors are getting down to brass tacks and saying, ‘What do we want to own over the next few months?’”

From MarketWatch • Mar. 2, 2026

She never whupped us with it because it was too valuable: a fine polished maple shaft with a brass bullet tip.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck