How to Use brandish in a Sentence

brandish

verb

• She brandished a stick at the dog.
• I could see that he was brandishing a knife.
• The gunman brandished the weapon, shot the victim and fled on foot.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2023
• The student didn't brandish the weapon or take it out of his pocket where it was found.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 3 Dec. 2021
• The men stormed up the steps, chanting the name of a Hindu god and brandishing knives, chains, iron bars and pieces of pipe.
  — New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
• No weapons were brandished and no one was injured, deputies said.
  — Madeline Mitchell, Cincinnati.com, 27 Feb. 2020
• Netanyahu has been brandishing Amalek in the wake of the Hamas attack.
  — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
• The office said that the video showed Munoz emerge from a house and brandish the knife in a threatening manner.
  — Fox News, 14 Sep. 2020
• The footage shows the officer pulling on the door handle on the driver’s side and then brandishing a gun.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 12 Apr. 2024
• Morant, apparently at a night club, brandished what looked like a gun in the video.
  — oregonlive, 4 Mar. 2023
• Lopez is the one who brandished a hatchet or axe and hit the victim, according to court records.
  — Connor Van Ligten, azcentral, 29 Apr. 2020
• On the left, a figure of a Tusken Raider is brandishing a weapon known as a gaffi stick, while on the right is a figure of a Jawa, a scavenger of the desert.
  — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020
• In other words, the Kremlin leader got to brandish his nukes.
  — Nathan Hodge, CNN, 19 Feb. 2022
• The suspect hit the victim with a stick, brandished a firearm at him and stole the keys to the tow truck before driving away from the scene in his own car, police said.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
• The man then walked to the front wearing a white skull mask and brandishing a firearm, and demanded the clerk hand over the money in the cash register.
  — Ricardo Delgado, San Antonio Express-News, 3 Jan. 2024
• For the first five episodes, Thomas has been depicted as a quiet man who knows just the right time to share a pearl of wisdom — or brandish his gun.
  — Lynette Rice, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2022
• Many of the activists wore yellow and brandished signs in the movement's signature hue.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
• Elliott brandished her nearby video camera (all the TMZ tour guides have them in the event of in-the-wild encounters) and aimed it out the window.
  — Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• The boys were almost home when a man wearing a mask and brandishing a revolver stepped out of the darkness and ordered them to lay in a ditch.
  — Johnny Dodd, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
• The dozen-odd agents brandished their pistols and credentials.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 12 Feb. 2024
• So far, crews brandishing chain saws and handsaws have cleared 120 square miles over the past three years, with a similar area yet to be razed.
  — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
• The footage showed a man in dark glasses and with a blue scarf covering his head brandishing a knife, as people screamed for help.
  — John Leicester, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2023
• The man, not authorized to be on the property, brandished a weapon when asked to show his hands, the city of Wayne Police Department said at the time.
  — Detroit Free Press, 19 July 2023
• The man in Utah made threats online in March, was visited by law enforcement, and then did it again, this time brandished a gun.
  — CBS News, 13 Aug. 2023
• In the summer of 1975, a mob of white beachgoers, brandishing pipes and sticks, chased a group of Black bible salesmen off a South Boston beach.
  — Mike Damiano, BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2023
• Video footage showed Holland brandishing a silver and black handgun, pointing it at the 14-year-old boy’s head and pulling the trigger.
  — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• Others have hit the streets, selling flowers and brandishing squeegees to wash car windows.
  — Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• During an argument over a collision, the suspect brandished a firearm at the victim, then fled in a Lexus sedan.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
• The victim, who was not named in court documents, was exiting his car when the suspect Romel Taylor, brandished the weapon.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 13 Nov. 2023
• The robbers have brandished multiple weapons in five robberies, the first on Nov. 4 and the most recent on Dec. 11, according to police.
  — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024