brush with
Example Sentences
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This wasn’t Smith’s first brush with fire, however.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
Their father doesn’t dismiss their brush with the forest’s spirits as juvenile fantasy, either.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
His attempts to strike out independently and build his own house fail spectacularly—the first in a storm of lightning and winged ants, the second in a foolhardy scheme to clear the surrounding brush with fire.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
She had her first brush with show business in 1944, while working in a factory, when a photographer arrived to capture photos of women working on production lines during World War II.
From Barron's ● Jun. 1, 2026
It was Booth’s closest brush with capture since he galloped down the alley behind Ford’s Theatre.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
