How to Use brass ring in a Sentence

brass ring

noun

• The brass rang the call for freedom in way to fill the streets with triumph.
  — Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2019
• But in your play — spoiler alert — one of the two boys doesn’t score the brass ring.
  — Ginia Bellafante, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2018
• But the brass ring would be to bring A.I. scrutiny to fighters, both old and new.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2019
• The city gave its workers a choice of interesting jobs and a chance at the brass ring.
  — New York Times, 14 Jan. 2021
• For decades, the brass ring for showrunners was seeing their series hit the 100-episode mark.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2019
• What happens to politicians who reach for the big brass ring and end up flailing?
  — Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2019
• This Nappa leather bag, which is available in black and creme, has a drawstring pouch and a brass ring.
  — Marques Harper Deputy Features Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2021
• One step away from the brass ring that had been his dream for nearly 20 years, he had been passed over for the chairmanship.
  — New York Times, 21 Apr. 2021
• For the business lobby, killing Chevron deference is the big brass ring.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
• Norris grabbed four out of five podiums for McLaren in 2021 but couldn’t quite grab the brass ring and reel in a victory.
  — Maury Brown, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
• Attach some greenery to a brass ring and finish it off with a little bell or two.
  — Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 14 Dec. 2022
• Many on Wall Street presumed that Cohn that thrown aside his dignity, career, and good name for the chance to grab at the brass ring.
  — Bess Levin, The Hive, 29 Sep. 2017
• This was also an era in which brass rings showed up at Native American sites up and down the East Coast.
  — Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian, 7 Apr. 2017
• The couples prepare to wow the celebrity judges with their stage chemistry and musical talents and grab the brass ring.
  — Al.com Staff, al, 18 May 2020
• Wonder what the next brass ring is for Portland restaurateurs?
  — Michael Russell, OregonLive.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Each revolution of the carousel offers riders a fleeting chance to grab a brass ring.
  — Michael Tortorello, WSJ, 1 Sep. 2017
• Brandy and Eve play former members of a 1990s girl group that reunites for another shot at the brass ring in this new drama.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2021
• Show young musicians that fame and fortune isn’t always the proverbial brass ring.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 3 Jan. 2022
• For years, the enterprise market has been the fabled brass ring for telecom service providers.
  — Shekar Ayyar, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021
• And if a few extra days of rest now mean that Chapman will be hearty and hale in October, that silver lining may look more like a brass ring.
  — New York Times, 13 July 2018
• For standup comedians, the Netflix special has become the brass ring.
  — Sheila Marikar, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019
• Grab the brass ring and you will be poised and powered up to attain your most important ambitions in September.
  — oregonlive, 13 Feb. 2020
• That’ll also mark the return of the brass ring game, in which riders win a free ticket by skillfully snagging a small metal ring while whizzing by at up to 13 mph.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2021
• The basket-like weave of this particular bag tapers through a single brass ring into a thick, rope-like handle meant to be slung over the shoulder.
  — Nathan Heller, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2022
• Then, this student digs up this brass ring from the late 19th century, which is perfect because brass was the poor man’s gold during that time period.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2021
• Even if that expected electoral redemption does not come, Mitch McConnell would still have reached his own brass ring.
  — Alex Pareene, The New Republic, 23 Sep. 2020
• For any comic looking to evolve from an open mic newbie to a bona fide monster, a chance to step on stage and crush at the Sunset Boulevard venue is still the brass ring that inspires them to improve their craft.
  — Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
• These days, getting a four-year college degree in some STEM (science, technology, engineering or math) field is the brass ring.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 13 Dec. 2021
• Rallies in Olympia or Salem draw in mostly local demonstrators, but Portland remains the brass ring for far-right organizers.
  — Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 14 Sep. 2021
• At Stake: Wozniacki, the world number-two, is also seeded number two, but depending on the ultimate outcome of the tourney, can grab the big brass ring of world number-one (see above).
  — Corey Seymour, Vogue, 24 Jan. 2018

Last Updated: 23 Sep 2024