All 3 Uses of
brandish
in
Leaves of Grass
- Virginia—The West
The noble sire fallen on evil days,
I saw with hand uplifted, menacing, brandishing,
(Memories of old in abeyance, love and faith in abeyance,)
The insane knife toward the Mother of All.†Chpt 21 *brandishing = waving something or exhibiting it aggressively
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Elsewhere I hear the cry of a regiment charging, (the young colonel
leads himself this time with brandish'd sword,)
I see the gaps cut by the enemy's volleys, (quickly fill'd up, no delay,)
I breathe the suffocating smoke, then the flat clouds hover low
concealing all;†Chpt 21brandish'd = waved something or exhibited it aggressively
- Across the stage with pallor on her face, yet lurid passion,
Stalks Norma brandishing the dagger in her hand.†Chpt 25brandishing = waving something or exhibiting it aggressively
Definition:
the act of waving something or exhibiting it aggressively