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brass
noun as in impulsiveness; nerve
Example Sentences
There she found the housemaid, Margaret, energetically polishing the already gleaming brass door handle.
He played brass instruments: trumpet, trombone, and tuba, as well as the flute.
But Sinclair’s campaign crumbled after Disney’s brass returned Kimmel to his late night perch — without making concessions that Sinclair had demanded.
They are brass, ivory and wooden sculptures that once adorned the royal palace of the Benin Kingdom before British soldiers looted them in 1897 during a punitive expedition.
The score requires a monster orchestra with a blockbuster brass section and an audience capable of patience and goodwill.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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