How to Use brainchild in a Sentence

brainchild

noun
  • The museum is the brainchild of a wealthy art collector.
  • Airflow was the brainchild of Airbnb.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2025
  • The idea to print these homes was the brainchild of Ballard, 37.
    — Amy Eskind, PEOPLE.com, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The adorable plush is the brainchild of 8-year-old Lucas Ye.
    — Miles Doran, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The Cannes screening was Diesel’s brainchild.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 14 May 2026
  • The film's namesake, though, was the brainchild of the director.
    — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2022
  • That task was the brainchild of Wells, who 3D prints and shapes pots into faces.
    — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2025
  • Oars + Alps is the brainchild of two women married to two very outdoorsy men.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 31 May 2022
  • Sphere has been working to bring its tech, which is the brainchild of Dolan, to other venues for some time.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Like most of the futuristic projects at Google, the lab was the brainchild of the founders.
    — New York Times, 4 Dec. 2019
  • This store is the brainchild of Brooms, who used to sell fashion accessories in the same space.
    — Deanna Kizis, Sunset Magazine, 11 Feb. 2022
  • To be able to tackle something yet again with him, that was really our own brainchild — a dream come true.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 24 May 2026
  • Afrobeat was the brainchild of Fela and the legendary drummer Tony Allen.
    — ABC News, 31 May 2026
  • The sing-out is the brainchild of our own cheerleader in chief, Charlotte Shultz.
    — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 18 Apr. 2020
  • The show was the brainchild of modelling agent Chelsea Bonner.
    — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 13 May 2022
  • Death was the brainchild of Chuck Shuldiner, who played all the instruments on the record save drums.
    — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • The bonkers new submersible, which is the brainchild of Rob Innes, has the body of a shark and the power of a jetboat.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The event was the brainchild of Fushille, who began welcoming back dancers one at a time in August.
    — Rusty Simmons, SFChronicle.com, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Unity Day, which claims the mantle of the largest South Side cleanup effort, was her brainchild.
    — Charles J. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2021
  • The large-scale soilless farm is the brainchild of founder and owner Frank Fitts, who has been working on the project for about four years.
    — al, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The album was the brainchild of 7A Records co-owner Glenn Gretlund.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The 320-acre farm with a herd of bison in Bloomington is the brainchild of three former band mates.
    — Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 27 July 2022
  • The hotel was the brainchild of John Whitelaw Lewis, the son of a slave who mostly taught himself to read and write.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Basing a class around motorsports is Vinson’s brainchild.
    — Jordan Bianchi, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The pilot program was the brainchild of Utah Ranked Choice Voting.
    — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Aug. 2021
  • The platform is the brainchild of Tyler Skluzacek, who wanted to help his father, Patrick.
    — Jay Heflin, Washington Examiner, 11 Dec. 2020
  • The project is described as the brainchild of brothers Fred, Duncan and Patrick Kennedy.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Apr. 2022
  • What remains is a robust ballistic missile program, the brainchild of Khamenei.
    — Jackie Northam, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The project is the brainchild of a group of artists, but is not centrally planned like a traditional festival or conference.
    — James Folta, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Over the course of his business career, Sprecher has achieved success by leaning on the brainchilds of other entrepreneurs.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026

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