brushed

Example Sentences

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Still, Skogmo brushed off the prices, noting that this level of spending was “special for the World Cup.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 24, 2026

Patients arrived with gangrenous foot wounds that harried providers elsewhere brushed off as athlete’s foot.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2026

Judge Leonie Brinkema brushed aside the government’s arguments that the issue was moot after acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told Congress last week that the administration wasn’t moving forward with the fund.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

I remember sitting in a wig salon in Richmond as the owner, Amy Holt, gently brushed though my tangled hair as it was falling out in large lumps.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Its rays passed above the clouds, and the clouds, in turn, brushed shadows onto the sleek surfaces of the iceberg and the surrounding water.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el