How to Use brunt in a Sentence

brunt

noun
  • But the full brunt of the storm’s health impacts may not be felt for months.
    — Zoya Teirstein, WIRED, 17 Feb. 2024
  • At the time, the full brunt of the war had yet to hit the job market.
    — Rob Wile, NBC news, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The inland valleys and foothills will again take the brunt of it.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2022
  • That's a tragedy in itself, and a lot of women bear the brunt of that.
    — Olivia Fleming, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Many rock stacks and outcrops in the tidelands to the south catch the brunt of waves.
    — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, 19 June 2020
  • Still, the number of flights are up so far, and tourist hotspots are taking the brunt.
    — Colleen Barry, USA TODAY, 17 July 2023
  • Women and girls are bearing the brunt of the crisis.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 May 2026
  • Southern and eastern regions have borne the brunt of the war.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2022
  • As the world warms, Phoenix is bearing the brunt of extreme heat.
    — From Staff Reports, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The passenger side of the truck that crashed took the brunt of the damage.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Oct. 2020
  • These people bore the initial brunt of the market crash.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
  • In both conflicts, the brunt of the fighting fell on local forces.
    — New York Times, 7 July 2021
  • Some states felt the brunt of the framework during the primaries.
    — Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, 28 Aug. 2020
  • My hamstrings, lower back and legs often take the brunt of it.
    — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2026
  • Someone has to make a plan and often someone else has to bear the brunt of it.
    — Doug Lesmerises, cleveland, 3 Jan. 2021
  • For the most part, white middle-class liberals did not bear the brunt of the virus.
    — Colin Dickey, The New Republic, 7 Aug. 2020
  • Young workers appear to be bearing the brunt.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • Sherin sat next to him on the sidewalk, took the full brunt of the eruptions, and waited him out.
    — Steve Lopezcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • Wally’s taken the brunt of the playoffs.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 5 May 2026
  • The brunt of the curtailments is likely to be felt by farmers.
    — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Aug. 2021
  • And why shoppers paying in cash are bearing the brunt of credit card fees.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 1 June 2026
  • Poland has borne the brunt of a historic wave of fleeing Ukrainian refugees.
    — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The détente angered some in Tigray, who had borne the brunt of the conflict.
    — Brent Swails and David McKenzie, CNN, 5 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • And much of the burden of this debt will fall on the young, who've already borne the brunt of these lockdowns.
    — Emily Brooks, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2020
  • If benefits were to be reduced, the question then turns to who will bear the brunt of the cut.
    — Raul Elizalde, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Few Faroese children died in the outbreak; instead, adults bore the brunt.
    — Katherine S. Xue, The New Yorker, 21 July 2021
  • So often, the players on the field are the ones who bear the brunt of the decisions made above them.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 June 2026
  • Communities all over the state are feeling the brunt.
    — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026

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