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Example Sentences

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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

Sweatband cradling his brow and lion inked on his back, the 31-year-old has boldly written his own legacy.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2025

“All this waiting, and for what?” he said, wiping the sweat from his brow.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

Hine’s tousled little boy, who looks forlornly into the camera with scowling dark eyes beneath a furrowed brow, likely had no such liberating choice.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2025

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