brassy

Example Sentences

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She was joined in the top 10 by another U.K. singer, Raye, who favors swank Sixties outfits and has a brassy hit called “Where Is My Husband!”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

The star, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, was competing with himself for song and record of the year, as the brassy “Baile Inolvidable” and the mournful “DTMF” were nominated in both categories.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

He does think her reported response — “for what?” — sounds just like his brassy little sister.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2025

She recalled that in a 1989 review in The New York Times, Frank Rich wrote, “‘Gypsy’ is nothing if not Broadway’s own brassy, unlikely answer to ‘King Lear.’

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

Then he lifted his voice in a wild brassy blare that set echoes clamoring in the draws and canyons for miles around.

From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson