brolly

Example Sentences

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In the former, she glides down into a picturesque London on the end of a parrot-handled brolly.

From The Guardian • Mar. 13, 2020

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

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

Even an umbrella that clipped to her wheelchair was much more expensive then a regular brolly, she said.

From BBC • Aug. 1, 2014

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

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