How to Use brunt in a Sentence

brunt

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  • Baseball’s middle class has borne the brunt of the drop.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2021
  • Those with the fewest resources to adapt, who did the least to cause the climate crisis, will bear the brunt.
    — Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Not surprisingly, moms are bearing the brunt of the stress.
    — Tonilyn Hornung, Good Housekeeping, 8 Apr. 2021
  • While infections are rising around the country, some places are bearing the brunt of the surge.
    — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Russia may have found a new way to censor the internet, and Twitter is bearing the brunt.
    — Brian Barrett, Wired, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Black boys, in particular, are bearing the brunt of the punishment.
    — Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Cincinnati will rely on veteran tight end Mike Gesicki to take on the brunt for the year.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Azaria felt the brunt of the backlash for voicing a person of color with a fake Indian accent.
    — Sophie Lewis, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2021
  • But that point put them on the defensive as justices asked them to explain why city residents were being forced to bear the brunt of the port’s creation.
    — Taylor Stevens, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Apr. 2021
  • The Crows were set up to fail here this season, but their brilliant and once-terrifying leader is bearing the brunt of that choice.
    — Devon Maloney, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2021
  • Mackey’s car went airborne on the track’s straightaway and hit a wall and fence separating the oval from the grandstands, with the roof taking the brunt of the impact.
    — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Apr. 2021
  • Lake Michigan bore the full brunt of the southwest gales, causing extensive damage and leaving many vessels grounded.
    — Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 25 Nov. 2024
  • This has been at the expense of neglecting the vast network of health systems designed to serve the poor, who have always taken the brunt of neglecting public health.
    — Kalpana Jain, STAT, 4 May 2021
  • What happens is that rural communities and poorer communities end up bearing the brunt of statewide policies that are meant for urban places.
    — Wen Stephenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Apr. 2021
  • The jump in the stock price is largely warranted, considering that Carnival and other cruise stocks have been bearing the brunt of the pandemic.
    — Trefis Team, Forbes, 8 Apr. 2021
  • For retailers, these tariffs would likely translate into significant price hikes across a wide range of everyday goods, and consumers would ultimately bear the brunt.
    — Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Some also argued that only Slidell, rather than the entire parish, should be able to vote, since Slidell will bear the brunt of the negative impact while the entire parish would share in the tax revenue.
    — David Jacobs, Washington Examiner, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Millions of women worldwide have been disproportionately affected by job losses, with many more left to bear the brunt of massive disruptions to childcare and education.
    — Jazmin Goodwin, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021
  • Oceans bear much of the brunt of the warming and emissions.
    — Reuters and Angela Dewan, CNN, 18 May 2022
  • The inland valleys and foothills will again take the brunt of it.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2022
  • But the full brunt of the storm’s health impacts may not be felt for months.
    — Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The brunt of the work, Ms. Barron found, comes down to finding the courage to engage.
    — Erika Page, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2022
  • As the world warms, Phoenix is bearing the brunt of extreme heat.
    — From Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The Nasdaq has borne the brunt of the losses this month, shedding 7.3%.
    — Yuri Kageyama, ajc, 19 Jan. 2022
  • And when Tyler Herro slips on a wet spot, sometimes the Achilles takes the brunt.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Still, the number of flights are up so far, and tourist hotspots are taking the brunt.
    — Colleen Barry, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • It’s the guy in front of the bench, though, who’s taking the brunt of the obloquy for the way that whole mess ended.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 July 2021
  • Southern and eastern regions have borne the brunt of the war.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • In the coming months, the full brunt of the Fed’s current QT program is set to be felt.
    — Liz Capo McCormick, Fortune, 10 July 2023
  • Their townhome sits in a small valley, of sorts, and took the brunt of the heavy rainfall.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 13 Oct. 2021

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