brolly

Example Sentences

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Wandering onto the crunch of the courtyard gravel of the Elysee Palace in Paris, the president and the prime minister shared smiles and a brolly.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2023

Bigger, longer and — at an interminable 141 minutes — apparently uncut, “Circle” is an emotionally sterile lark, its wounds inflicted with brolly and bullwhip, a smirk and a shrug.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2017

If Watford and Leicester are safely housed in form then Norwich and Swansea are out in swirling rain, leaves blowing in their face and brolly inside-out.

From The Guardian • Nov. 7, 2015

With the movement having taken on the sobriquet of the Umbrella Revolution, the raincoat-clad Paddington Bear is showing up on protest-zone posters too, brolly in hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 4, 2014

“Sandwiches and brolly are in my rucksack,” says Colin.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin