Brushed means Roughened by rubbing with an abrasive brushes, especially as a finish. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like touched or soft.
Brushed meaning
- Roughened by rubbing with an abrasive brushes, especially as a finish.
- Having been cleaned, tidied, or straightened with a brush.
Example sentences (20)
Since 1962, Southwest Signs has supplied many of the city’s mom-and-pop grocery stores with hand-brushed placards.
Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su brushed aside any concerns that last month's wage growth might prove inflationary.
My answer is that I had seen enough to realise that most of what I thought I knew about China was brushed-off images.
Incumbent GOP Sen. Deb Fischer brushed back a surprisingly strong challenge from independent newcomer Dan Osborn.
These soft-brushed jersey pajamas come in over 10 different patterns, but only two are on sale for Cyber Monday.
We brushed upon this briefly before, but a lot the NSF has a lot of dialogue on an awardee’s potential as an educator.
He was outmuscled and brushed aside by Rasmus Hojlund for Man United’s first goal but recovered well afterwards.
At the time, the conversation was brushed off as lighthearted humor, but now it takes on an eerie significance.
The morning of the incident, Wolf “brushed off” Block when Block asked him if he should wear fall protection.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment on Thorpe's outburst in Parliament House, but sources brushed off the lone protester.
It comes in five color options: Pistachio, Empire Red, Onyx Black, Matte Black and Brushed Stainless Steel.
It’ll also look great on your shelf too as it’s housed in an eye-catching crystal-clear bottle with brushed gold detailing.
Richard Madden brushed off rumors about his involvement in Bond at a press conference for Rocket Man in Cannes back in 2019.
Celtic midfielder Matt O'Riley was in fine form once more as his team brushed Hearts aside at Tynecastle.
Since season 1, Kody has brushed and lathered his hair into the perfect look that often described his feelings about himself.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has brushed off suggestions that Reform UK is trying to lure some of his MPs.
Some of the questions were basic, and as two All-Pro NFL players, they could’ve easily brushed them off and been condescending.
In a BBC interview afterwards he said that as a child the abuse was "hard to take" but he brushed it off as being "just normal".
Maybe you finally mustered up the courage to tell someone how you felt and they brushed you off, or told you that you were wrong.
Joe Mazzulla brushed off his latest achievement, but Marcus Smart sees right through his head coach.
Common combinations with brushed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- brushed off 62×
- brushed aside 20×
- has brushed 15×
- he brushed 14×
- and brushed 14×
- brushed it 11×
- she brushed 11×
- just brushed 6×
- brushed up 5×
- brushed back 5×
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About these examples
The 20 examples on this page contain the complete word brushed. Duplicate, incomplete, unusually short and technically noisy sentences are removed automatically. The definition is sourced from Wiktionary. Read more about our sources and checks on the About Voorbeeldzinnen.info page or see how to report a correction.