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brow

[brou] / braʊ /
NOUN
forehead
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"The people in charge up there need to take action," the 59-year-old continued, his brow deeply furrowed.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

Rarely did her expression stray from a furrowed brow.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 8, 2026

“Screen Time” underscores how the genre is maturing away from “low brow, tacky content,” Marlinarson said.

From Los Angeles Times May 28, 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

I set the iron down and wipe my brow with my handkerchief, waiting for Tía Zimbul to tell me what to do.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar

Now, some clients 30 and older are seeking out dermatologists and aestheticians with nursing degrees who can help them maintain a slight patina of wrinkles—at least enough for furrowing and raising the brows.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 28, 2026

While Argentina were elated at their first-half efforts, there were many furrowed Lions brows after a frustrating opening 40 minutes.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2025

Frequently, she’s shown smoldering with fury or dark intent, gazing up from under her brows with a lowered chin, something Moss says she lifted from Stanley Kubrick’s films.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 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

And now he unknit his black brows; looked down, smiling at me, and stroked my hair, as if well pleased at seeing a danger averted.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë




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