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Definition of Brandished
1. brandish [v] - See also: brandish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brandished
Literary usage of Brandished
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert: Embracing Romances, Travels by Gustave Flaubert, Ferdinand Brunetière (1904)
"... flushed with enthusiasm, brandished their sabres, vociferating: "Long live
Reform!" And every time the two lovers heard this word they laughed. ..."
2. Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments by Addison (1797)
"... to have his ears cut off, his nose slit, and to be brandished in the face with
SS for a sower of sedition; then to be carried to the Fleet prison; ..."
3. A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land: Comprising Recollections, Sketches, and by Alphonse de Lamartine (1838)
"... and returning on us with loud cries, brandished their long and pliant lances,
as if they would have pierced us ; then stopping short their steeds, ..."
4. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"In Hawaii the hair of the front scalp was torn off from the head of the first
enemy slain in a fight, and brandished with the cry of He oho! "A frontlet ! ..."