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brow

[brou] / braʊ /
NOUN
forehead
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Rarely did her expression stray from a furrowed brow.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

After a long silence, Severus tapped his brow and said to them: “Do you understand now that it is the head that is in charge, not the feet?”

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 19, 2026

Popular myth might suggest the Mac was born full-fledged from Jobs’s brow, but as Mr. Pogue details, the truth was much messier.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 6, 2026

It was malleable and oblong, perfectly complemented by a waft of boy-next-door blond locks and a brow that could convey emotion just as well as any histrionic soap dialogue.

From Salon Feb. 15, 2026

Oliver’s brow pinched, as though doing the math in his head.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

Guitars are plucked, fiddles are fiddled, and brows are furrowed as Marcus Mumford navigates his mid-30s, and the reorganisation of friendships and priorities that mid-life brings.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2025

With a serious tone and knitted brows, CBS News' Norah O'Donnell and Margaret Brennan moderated the debate that ran for 90 minutes at the CBS Broadcast Center in New York.

From Salon Oct. 3, 2024

This archaeological work was among the first to suggest Neanderthals were far more sophisticated than the primitive creatures many had assumed, based on their stocky frames and ape-like brows.

From Science Daily May 1, 2024

“I’m telling him the whole story and he’s going like this” — here, Lewis lowered his head, furrowed his bushy brows over his eyeglasses and shook his head in dismay.

From New York Times Apr. 10, 2024

For a moment, we huddled in silence, catching our breath and wiping ash from our brows, until finally Smithy said, “Clever. He’s using the light to sharpshoot with his bow.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri




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