brunt

How To Use brunt In A Sentence

• Sakazawa was tossed and shaken as the ship bore the brunt of the attack.
• About 125 vehicles, ranging in their degree of damage, and a firebombed parts building bore the brunt of the attack. Maytha Alhassen: From 9/11 To 8/22: My Arab-American Muslim Father Was A Victim Of American Terrorism
• Millions of carers argue that they bear the brunt of the job ... without recognition, or proper payment.
• The health service will bear the brunt of the cuts. Times, Sunday Times
• Officers in uniform are often put before the massed media to bear the brunt of their barbs - and, of course, to reinforce the anti-military prejudice.
• The area was the closest to the epicentre of the earthquake, bore the full brunt of the subsequent tsunami and was clearly one of the worst affected areas.
• Group comportment had deteriorated by the day, with yours truly bearing the brunt of the collective delinquency.
• Brunt, following in, despatched a meaty drive into the far corner from near the edge of the area. Times, Sunday Times
• Since shareholders have a nasty habit of leaving, customers will probably have to bear the brunt of these losses and the bank may try to push profit margins even wider apart.
• McDonald, Colin Brunton and others did time at celluloid sweatshop SC Communications.