brush
Usage
What are other ways to say brush?
A brush is a brief encounter or skirmish: a brush with the law. Struggle implies vigorous bodily effort or violent exertion: a hand-to-hand struggle. Clash implies a direct and sharp collision between opposing parties, efforts, interests, etc.: a clash of opinions.
Example Sentences
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If you didn’t brush your teeth well enough, you will eventually be paying for that at the dentist!
From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2026
Inside the exhibition space, she uses a small painter’s brush to slowly paint the white walls red over the course of the show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The brush head features a tiny camera that analyzes 28 live images a second to identify gaps in the teeth, triggering a conical burst of mouth rinse that flosses in between.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Bass pointed to the fire department’s new fire chief and said the city would march into the state’s land holding to clear hazardous brush if the state does not do its part.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
With a loud grunt, he took off through the bottoms, popping the brush.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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After so long on the road, driving past despair dotted along the road’s shoulders, Day brushes off a cry for help with a joke.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Nvidia’s statement concedes that “once released, the weights are beyond the original developer’s control, and modified versions are difficult to trace or reverse”—then brushes this concern aside.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
After collecting the cells, the team removes the material from the brushes and uses forensic-level, next-generation sequencing technologies to isolate and amplify genetic sequences.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
Daniele Garner brushes a yak at the Pettee Ranch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2026
“Siyo! I’m Lucy. Do you know where the paints and brushes are supposed to be stored?”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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For decades, testosterone deficiency was overlooked and under-researched, and, for many men, symptoms were brushed off as natural signs of aging.
From Slate ● Sep. 13, 2026
Nicastro made recordings of a number of cat meows when the pets were in different states — being fed, for instance, or brushed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
Hawaii is still recovering from the impacts of Hurricane Lala, which brushed past the southern part of the Big Island last month, bringing destructive winds and severe flash floods.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
Despite the drama that has ensued since trade talks between the U.S. and its northern neighbor collapsed last Friday, bank CEOs brushed off the potential fallout during earnings calls this week.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Then, I brushed every single sheep and rubbed their wool with mountain lion bait.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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Moments after Manchester City had put down their first heavyweight marker of the post-Pep Guardiola era by brushing aside Crystal Palace, he was asked live on TV how much he enjoyed the game.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Ten tackles a game last season became as routine as brushing his teeth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
After initially brushing off LLMs, DeepMind was developing its own chatbots.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
Brown-Forman and a group of Brown family shareholders issued a joint statement brushing off Sazerac’s unsolicited proposal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Silence except for crickets signaling, firewood snapping and popping, wind whirling and brushing bushes and leaves.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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