brandy snifter
Example Sentences
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When he hoisted her brandy snifter portrait in the air as he became the second Black mayor of the city, she too became a part of history.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2022
But in the 1980s and 1990s, the brandy snifter photo was an innovative, attainable luxury, and it became ubiquitous in some communities.
From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2022
“In 1955, a gun onstage was like a brandy snifter — just ye olde prop,” said Mathew Wright, director of “Office Hour” at ArtsWest.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2019
It conjures up other images we have of him as stout, natty, in tweed suit, cambric shirt and ankle boots, a human brandy snifter.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2010
If Wolfe merely ran on like that, he might be dismissed as a frivolous type who has done little more than shoot fish in a brandy snifter.
From Time Magazine Archive
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
