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  • A man stepped menacingly from the corner brandishing a long pole, and Kit winced as two sharp raps descended on each luckless head.   (source)
    brandishing = using aggressively
  • She tossed her new weapon up in the air, caught it again, brandished it, and urged the horse forward.   (source)
    brandished = waved or exhibited something aggressively
  • and a Knight dressed in crimson armor came galloping down upon her, brandishing a great club.   (source)
    brandishing = aggressively waving
  • She brandished it in the air, as if waving a gun.†   (source)
  • The sight of Reenie, her dimpled cheeks flushed, her eyes blazing like an avenging Fury's, the black snail of her hair coming unpinned, brandishing a clutch of huge-boobed, bushy-tailed, bare-naked women, was too much for him.†   (source)
  • He smiled and grabbed a towel and brandished it like a toreador.†   (source)
  • She waved the battle banner as though brandishing her burning youth, trusting that the enemy would be burnt to ashes in the revolutionary flames, imagining that an ideal world would be born tomorrow from the ardor and zeal coursing through her blood....She was intoxicated by her brilliant, crimson dream until a bullet pierced her chest.†   (source)
  • Away with you!" she screams, brandishing a wooden spoon.†   (source)
  • Hurling insults, the two sides brandished batons.†   (source)
  • She brandished a five-foot-long spear, its barbed metal tip flickering with red light.†   (source)
  • Women brandished platters of sweets.†   (source)
  • But he needed me back home, not standing in the street in the dead of night brandishing a bloody sword like a pirate.†   (source)
  • They brandish his notebook and tool case.†   (source)
  • Seiler gleefully brandished a memo that showed how officials at the state crime lab had originally planned to conceal the results of the gunshot-residue tests if they did not help the prosecution.†   (source)
  • This far away, they couldn't see the extended middle finger he brandished at them.†   (source)
  • The forgotten deities of dead cities brandished their broken thunderbolts at the sky as Dany rode her silver past their feet.†   (source)
  • I stood, a few yards from the cat, my arms spread wide, brandishing the spyglass like a sword and cursing to clear a Tasmanian pub. The cloud cat froze, her eyes following the frenzied motion of the spyglass.†   (source)
  • 'And when might that be?' squeaked the irate gnome, brandishing a notebook as though she were prepared to make a complaint of some kind.†   (source)
  • On the package room's tiny black and white television (its screen no bigger than a CD case) a glamorous woman in long jangling earrings brandished her fists and shouted abusive Spanish at a cowering priest.†   (source)
  • "Well, I have his home number," Willow says, brandishing her cell phone like a weapon.†   (source)
  • Murtagh brandished his sword as Tornac plunged back down, driving his forehooves into the back of the dismounted slaver.†   (source)
  • He didn't want to let her go, but he did, brandishing his sword.†   (source)
  • There were several breakages because I was brandishing the sword so clumsily.†   (source)
  • He took out two pennies and brandished them before putting them back into Chronicler's purse.†   (source)
  • He brandished a stick, he hopped and jumped, he hummed and murmured to himself.†   (source)
  • He was laughing when the nurse came in, brandishing a syringe.†   (source)
  • Reece was hiding under the stairs, brandishing a cake knife.†   (source)
  • The boys hooted and ran the length of our 17 Janvier lane brandishing their precious Mars bars.†   (source)
  • Brett brandishing it hysterically, saying yes, yes, I'll give it to you, just you move a little bit and I'll give you all you want and two extra.†   (source)
  • Isabelle and Alec were running toward them, Isabelle brandishing a whip in her hand.†   (source)
  • "It could be one of nine different courses," shouted Sean, brandishing a copy of Michael's high school transcripts.†   (source)
  • They can almost lean, look like they're leaning, they can even brandish a big leaning-against-the-car 'tisde like this particular individual, but they can't lean.†   (source)
  • When he brandished his statistics and the results of the last elections in front of them, his own party members suspected they were just the senile rantings of an old man.†   (source)
  • How about when a bunch of guys wearing colored towels around their heads and brandishing AK-47s come charging over the horizon straight toward you?†   (source)
  • "I'm going to get this for Carla," I say, brandishing the calendar.†   (source)
  • The door sprang open, and Father stood there brandishing a fireplace poker over his head.†   (source)
  • When Ursula burst into the courtyard of headquarters, after having gone through the town shouting shame and brandishing with rage a pitch-covered whip, Arcadio himself was preparing to give the squad the command to fire.†   (source)
  • Girls from my graduating class come into the store brandishing solitaire diamonds like Legion of Honor medals, as if they've accomplished something significant—which I guess they think they have, though all I can see is a future of washing some man's clothes stretching ahead of them.†   (source)
  • I STEPPED off the bus in Bluefield to a sea of familiar faces accompanied by applause and cheers, brandishing the surprise medal I had garnered.†   (source)
  • From eight feet up on the wall, Heath diligently watched the woman's trigger finger as she continued to brandish the weapon.†   (source)
  • They offered you a ride, took you home for a drink, at which point the brother brandished a weapon and said, "Screw my sister or you will die!"†   (source)
  • The picture switches abruptly to a man in a chef's hat grinning and brandishing a blowtorch.†   (source)
  • More markings, self-designed and self-executed, ornamented his arms and torso: the head of a dragon with a human skull between its open jaws; bosomy nudes; a gremlin brandishing a pitchfork; the word peace accompanied by a cross radiating, in the form of crude strokes, rays of holy light; and two sentimental concoctions-one a bouquet of flowers dedicated to mother-dad, the other a heart that celebrated the romance of Dick and Carol ,whom he had married when he was nineteen, and from whom he had separated six years later in order to "do the right thing" by another young lady, the mother of his youngest child.†   (source)
  • "That's why I drove him off," cried the Humbug, fiercely brandishing his cane.†   (source)
  • She stood, brandishing the picture she'd colored.†   (source)
  • "Kate," Miro yelled, brandishing his automatic.†   (source)
  • I growled, brandishing the crowbar I'd stripped from him.†   (source)
  • By some accounts, he brandished a cocked pistol.†   (source)
  • She wore a measuring tape around her neck that she could brandish in a second, slapping it against my skin or around my waist with one flick of her wrist.†   (source)
  • Then he brandished the needle, enjoying himself.†   (source)
  • Bruto!' down at him happily and brandished her bread knife at him as though it were an exciting new toy she was eager to use.†   (source)
  • Crash said, brandishing his homemade blade.†   (source)
  • When he arrived at the hospital later that morning, he was smiling joyfully, brandishing a packet of papers covered with pink Persian characters.†   (source)
  • There is the odd panel with a severed gorgon's head, an angel in armor standing next to it, brandishing a sword dripping blood.†   (source)
  • What a convenient thing to possess—all one must do is brandish the book before one's enemies, and they will flock to your banner lest they be stricken from the record.†   (source)
  • He brandishes the rifle in one hand and holds copies of two Communist newspapers in the other.†   (source)
  • With a great effort Frodo sat upright and brandished his sword.†   (source)
  • Mama began to weep, great silent tears, and Papa was now limping back and forth beside the bunk, like a caged animal, brandishing his long, polished North Dakota cane.†   (source)
  • The band hunting them brandished swords and spears of an unusual make.†   (source)
  • Do not joke, sir, for on the turnpike north of London, I encountered an angry mob, brandishing hoes and pitchforks, denying entry to their village inn to any who were traveling from London.†   (source)
  • The next day the Manchester Union-Leader paperboys were brandishing editions whose headline was just one word: "WAR!"†   (source)
  • The wounded heading southwest brandished their bandages proudly.†   (source)
  • A pair of Masks battles within, each brandishing two slender scims.†   (source)
  • She brandished the letter opener weakly, then lowered it to her waist.†   (source)
  • On March 28, thousands of Inkatha members, brandishing spears and knobkerries, marched through Johannesburg to a rally in the center of town.†   (source)
  • "If God hadn't intended for us to play games, he wouldn't have made them so fun," interrupted the priest with a smile as he brandished one of the confiscated fronds.†   (source)
  • He's standing on a pile of headless bodies, brandishing an AK-47, a necklace of human jawbones over his medals.†   (source)
  • He was walking wearily through a patch of open forest floor in mountains north of Teza when from around the tall trees on the slope above him a group of men appeared, brandishing spears.†   (source)
  • He brandished it like a tiny sword.†   (source)
  • "Shut up!" roared the chief, leaping to his feet and brandishing his gun in the direction of the speaker.†   (source)
  • Iona rushed in, flushed with victory, brandishing the wand.†   (source)
  • As though brandishing a tiny sword, the man waved the toothpick in front of Diamond's face.†   (source)
  • Ralph's tone was teasing; still Helen held her breath until Theresa surfaced, brandishing the retrieved chopsticks.†   (source)
  • So when one of the Reds sat down in front of Measure, brandishing a knife, Al didn't wait for him to start cutting.†   (source)
  • ESTRAGON: (stopping, brandishing his fists, at the top of his voice.)†   (source)
  • They were all screaming, and the woman was waving a two-foot-long snowknife while her three offspring were brandishing deer spears and skinning knives.†   (source)
  • And then she whirled in a swift half-circle, thrusting out at the University Residence Club a furious little fist, a darling angry fist so prominent, so bloodlessly agitated that it seemed impossible that she was not brandishing it a scant inch from my nose.†   (source)
  • (Emphatically, he brandishes the apple) The boob has been de-boobed†   (source)
  • "Ah well, these things—" She was still moving her hands on the horse's rump, smiling, brandishing the dimple.†   (source)
  • Random leaped above me, brandishing his blade, and I saw the second man's head depart his shoulders.†   (source)
  • He came through the crowd brandishing a long staff.†   (source)
  • It was through this piecemeal gathering of bits and pieces that I learned an unnamed man had gotten drunk, come to Anna's house, swaggered and stumbled about the house brandishing a pistol and "talkin' big."†   (source)
  • She saw now that she had embarrassed him, flying out to protect him from a boy brandishing a barn door.†   (source)
  • Sword arm," she said, a little cocky, brandishing her arm.†   (source)
    brandishing = waving something or exhibiting it aggressively
  • Thalia brought up the rear, brandishing her shield like she was driving back whatever pursued them.†   (source)
  • He brandished a piece of purple writing paper at Harry.†   (source)
  • She seized it up and brandished it at him.†   (source)
  • He brandished a spear impaled with toasted marshmallows.†   (source)
  • Eragon howled at the top of his lungs and returned the gesture, brandishing Zar'roc in the air.†   (source)
  • 'Insubordination, sir!' roared a corpulent, red-nosed wizard, brandishing his fists.†   (source)
  • "That thing is dangerous!" an Ares girl shouted, brandishing her spear.†   (source)
  • "We won!" yelled Ron, bounding into sight and brandishing the silver Cup at Harry.†   (source)
  • She brandished her wand at a touch on the wall and it flew out of its bracket.†   (source)
  • 'Five hundred and six dollars!' she cried, this time brandishing the paper in front of his nose.†   (source)
  • A few had swords and knives; others brandished pitchforks and scythes and wooden spears.†   (source)
  • "You were found with a wand in your hand!" barked Mr. Diggory, brandishing it in front of her.†   (source)
  • One of them had then brandished a knife; there was disagreement as to who.†   (source)
  • Pettigrew flinched as though Black had brandished a whip at him.†   (source)
  • "Stay back," Jon warned him, brandishing his sword.†   (source)
  • '] knew it!' she said excitedly, brandishing her letter.†   (source)
  • He drank a bit of tea and watched the grindylow brandishing a fist at him.†   (source)
  • Another Talib behind him brandished a whip.†   (source)
  • He brandished it over his head and yelled, "Giant!"†   (source)
  • She brandished the sheaf of parchment at them.†   (source)
  • "Oh yes she is," said Hermione happily, brandishing the jar at them.†   (source)
  • "Let me get this straight," he said after a while, brandishing a fresh chicken leg.†   (source)
  • "Now really!" said Mr. Weasley angrily, brandishing his wand.†   (source)
  • That pathetic holdup try by a scared young kid brandishing a toy pistol?†   (source)
  • Spurring his horse, one of the hooded figures approached the gatehouse, brandishing a torch.†   (source)
  • In 1887 he, too, was sent to an insane asylum, after brandishing a revolver in the legislature.†   (source)
  • He freed his battle-axe, brandishing it above his head.†   (source)
  • Sam yelled and brandished Sting, but his little voice was drowned in the tumult.†   (source)
  • Sure enough, when Dad raised his hand, he was brandishing a curved white stick.†   (source)
  • They brandished their own weapons and charged forward, scrambling up the tumbled blocks of stone.†   (source)
  • Brandishing the torch, I hurry through the trees, following the thin ribbon of light.†   (source)
  • "Enough," roared Lord Ramsay, brandishing his bloody spear.†   (source)
  • His two friends brandished their swords.†   (source)
  • "And I never started," said Isabelle, brandishing the candelabra.†   (source)
  • Several others brandished their cudgels.†   (source)
  • Coming up the driveway were two magicians brandishing staffs and wands.†   (source)
  • "Come," Miro said, brandishing the gun, waving it toward the woods.†   (source)
  • Bellowing in unison, twenty soldiers ran at him, brandishing their swords.†   (source)
  • He brandished it at the dolphin warriors as if spraying them with bug repellent.†   (source)
  • George brandished the elastic belt and Nick felt he had to get up and stand across the room.†   (source)
  • He jerked back as if Simon had brandished a crucifix at him, his eyes widening.†   (source)
  • Swords were brandished, axes smashed against shields.†   (source)
  • The hag grimaced and snatched up the weapon and brandished it at Max.†   (source)
  • The crowd roared approval and brandished their weapons.†   (source)
  • They brandished spears and scimitars which shone red as blood in the firelight.†   (source)
  • The herbalist joined him, brandishing her poniard, and somewhere off to his left, Solembum growled.†   (source)
  • One Japanese officer brandished his samurai sword as he made his break for it: a bad mistake.†   (source)
  • Mademoiselle LeFarge brandishes the leaflet above her head like a letter from a beloved suitor.†   (source)
  • On either side, Carn and the other warriors did the same, brandishing their weapons.†   (source)
  • He moved in front of me and brandished his sword as if trying to protect me.†   (source)
  • Four Japanese, one brandishing a sword, were charging him, screaming, "Banzai!"†   (source)
  • He stepped forward, brandishing his sword.†   (source)
  • (He brandishes the rock underneath BRADY'S nose) Or ten million years†   (source)
  • BRADY brandishes his speech, as if it were Excalibur.†   (source)
  • The MAYOR hurries on, worried, brandishing a telegram.†   (source)
  • They watched in astonishment as the little knight tugged his sword out of its scabbard and began brandishing it violently, hopping up and down in rage.†   (source)
  • Lupin and Mrs Weasley darted forward and tried to tug the curtains shut over the old woman, but they would not close and she screeched louder than ever, brandishing clawed hands as though trying to tear at their faces.†   (source)
  • He brandished a pistol, aimed at the camerlegno, who lay on the floor at his feet, writhing in agony.†   (source)
  • With a roar of rage, Morfin leapt out of his chair and ran at Ogden, brandishing his bloody knife and firing hexes indiscriminately from his wand.†   (source)
  • "Where did you find this sword?" she repeated, brandishing it in his face, "Snape sent it to my vault in Gringotts!"†   (source)
  • faced and sweaty with their own lies, stinking of Old Spice and job-related stress, standing in their glowing yellow doorways brandishing their Seikos and waving at the clock over the kitchen sink, I swear, can't you guys tell time?†   (source)
  • They brandished their scepters like swords, two powerful warriors engaged in good old-fashioned hand-to-hand combat.†   (source)
  • Her favorite was a statuette of the Indian goddess of destruction, Kali, brandishing a sword and a severed head as she danced with her head thrown back and her eyes slitted closed.†   (source)
  • He'll notice any moment, she thought, he'll understand it all, but Basta had eyes only for Dustfinger, who was waving the note back and forth behind the grating as if he were brandishing a worm in front of a hungry bird's beak.†   (source)
  • He brandished the slapstick a bit.†   (source)
  • The guy wasn't brandishing the bat, or being threatening in any way, but still I couldn't help being fairly aware that he had it.†   (source)
  • He had been out of his chair and around to where she lay dazed on the carpet, brandishing the cane, moving with a fat man's grotesque speed and agility, little eyes flashing, jowls quivering as he spoke to her just as he had always spoken to his children during such outbursts.†   (source)
  • And one morning in early 2006 Sean was interrupted from lifting himself out of bed by his wife, who was brandishing the sports section of the morning paper.†   (source)
  • There is no way they'd let me be a Death Eater!" said Ron indignantly, a bit of sausage flying off the fork he was now brandishing at Hermione and hitting Ernie Macmillan on the head.†   (source)
  • There were animals too, and the clanking suits of armor brandished swords and spiked balls on chains.†   (source)
  • I burst into the midst of the werewolf encampment, brandishing my dagger, and demanded to meet in combat the lycanthrope who had bitten me and turned me into one of them.†   (source)
  • He brandished his stele.†   (source)
  • Many of the drawings depict tanks running over huts, men brandishing AK-47s, refugee camp tents, scenes of jihad.†   (source)
  • This time it was the one-armed centaur, galloping in front of Dumbledore, that took the blast and shattered into a hundred pieces, but before the fragments had even hit the floor, Dumbledore had drawn back his wand and waved it as though brandishing a whip.†   (source)
  • Threequarters of the crowd was wearing scarlet rosettes, waving scarlet flags with the Gryffindor lion upon them, or brandishing banners with slogans like "GO GRYFFINDOR!" and "LIONS FOR THE CUK' Behind the Slytherin goal posts, however, two hundred people were wearing green; the silver serpent of Slytherin glittered on their flags, and Professor Snape sat in the very front row, wearing green like everyone else, and a very grim smile.†   (source)
  • "Harry's already Apparated," Ron told a slightly abashed Seamus, after Professor Flitwick had dried himself off with a wave of his wand and set Seamus lines: "I am a wizard, not a baboon brandishing a stick."†   (source)
  • The few Ravenclaws who had remained behind sprinted for the stairs as Amycus burst over the threshold, brandishing his wand.†   (source)
  • Harry thought Ogden was being extremely dim; the stranger was making himself very clear in Harry's opinion, particularly as he was brandishing a wand in one hand and a short and rather bloody knife in the other.†   (source)
  • A gun had been brandished.†   (source)
  • Sliding from Harry's shoulders the moment he could, he had sprinted for cover amongst the surrounding goblins, brandishing the sword and crying, "Thieves!†   (source)
  • Serve them right, he thought, why can't they give it a rest ...bickering all the time...it's enough to drive anyone up the wall...He passed the large picture of Sir Cadogan the knight on a landing; Sir Cadogan drew his sword and brandished it fiercely at Harry, who ignored him.†   (source)
  • It was almost unbearable to turn away from the mass of students streaming out into the sunshine, all of them wearing rosettes and hats and brandishing banners and scarves, to descend the stone steps into the dungeons and walk until the distant sounds of the crowd were quite obliterated, knowing that he would not be able to hear a word of commentary or a cheer or groan.†   (source)
  • At the same moment, Dumbledore brandished his wand in one long, fluid movement — the snake, which had been an instant from sinking its fangs into him, flew high into the air and vanished in a wisp of dark smoke; and the water in the pool rose up and covered Voldemort like a cocoon of molten glass.†   (source)
  • As Narcissa dragged Draco out of the way of further harm, Bellatrix sprang to her feet, her hair flying as she brandished the silver knife; but Narcissa had directed her wand at the doorway.†   (source)
  • "Muggle women wear them, Archie, not the men, they wear these," said the Ministry wizard, and he brandished the pinstriped trousers.†   (source)
  • Hagrid's door had burst open and by the light flooding out of the cabin they saw him quite clearly a massive figure roaring and brandishing his fists, surrounded by six people, all of whom, judging by the tiny threads of red light they were casting in his direction, seemed to be attempting to Stun him.†   (source)
  • Harry directed a Stunning Spell toward the masked Death Eater; it missed but nearly hit Neville, who had emerged from nowhere brandishing armfuls of Venomous Tentacula, which looped itself happily around the nearest Death Eater and began reeling him in.†   (source)
  • "How do we get out?" yelled Ron over all the screaming, but before either Harry or Hermione could answer they were bowled aside; Hagrid had come thundering down the stairs, brandishing his flowery pink umbrella.†   (source)
  • Your dad's in the paper, Weasley!" said Malfoy, brandishing a copy of the Daily Prophet and speaking very loudly, so that everyone in the packed entrance hall could hear.†   (source)
  • They knew that old Frank's devotion to the house and the grounds amounted almost to an obsession, and it amused them to see him limping across the garden, brandishing his stick and yelling croakily at them.†   (source)
  • And then it came to Harry in one shining piece, the memory that had stirred at the sound of the name "Peverell": a filthy old man brandishing an ugly ring in the face of a Ministry official, and he cried aloud, "Marvolo Gaunt!"†   (source)
  • He heard her cry out—Isabelle, who never cried out in pain—as Sebastian kicked her again and then caught up her whip, brandishing it in his hand.†   (source)
  • She brandished her longsword.†   (source)
  • But the cabs are all occupied, and, as if the scent of my distress has suddenly reached her, Mia swivels back around to see me, to see the photographer approaching me, brandishing his cameras like machetes.†   (source)
  • They were brandishing crude weapons culled from the debris of construction: jagged shards of glass, torn-off chunks of rebar, concrete blocks.†   (source)
  • The goddess brandished her spear.†   (source)
  • He clutched the neck spike in front of him-to steady himself during sudden changes in direction-while Roran hooked one thick arm around Eragon's waist and brandished his hammer with the other.†   (source)
  • She brandished her spear, and forked lightning slashed through the monsters' ranks; but as the hellhounds fell, more took their place.†   (source)
  • Somewhere a church bell began to toll, the alarm for fire, and almost at once crowds came pouring into the streets, many men, up from the waterfront, brandishing sticks and clubs.†   (source)
  • With my limited understanding of Farsi I could tell that there was some sort of problem and that Moody was brandishing his medical authority in order to cut through bureaucratic insistence.†   (source)
  • Jill hurried to the spot and didn't know whether to laugh or cry when she saw Eustace's face, very pale and dirty, projecting from the blackness of the hole, and Eustace's right hand brandishing a sword with which he made lunges at anyone who came near him.†   (source)
  • When she went to check, she saw Oz standing on a stool, a sheet around his shoulders, a baseball glove on his head like a crown, and brandishing a long stick.†   (source)
  • So one of the Reds took his old-fashioned stone-edged tommy-hawk and brandished it in front of Al's face, waving it around so he'd get good and scared.†   (source)
  • Huntress was the name she bore, behind a figurehead of a slender maiden clad in leaves and brandishing a spear.†   (source)
  • "DEATH IS SWEEPING his scythe all around us, cutting down our old friends and brandishing it over us," Adams wrote a year later, in the summer of 1816.†   (source)
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