How to Use brush aside in a Sentence

brush aside

verb
  • The gesture left her feeling brushed aside.
    — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • But question marks that would have been brushed aside a few months ago are now driving steep discounts.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But Azor brushed aside their concerns and pushed them into a bathroom to record their vocals.
    — Andy Greene, VIBE.com, 9 Feb. 2026
  • But Azor brushed aside their concerns and pushed them into a bathroom to record their vocals.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Coaches from each team, as well as Laimer, brushed aside such speculation.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
  • Internal warnings were brushed aside.
    — Jennifer Nassour, Boston Herald, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Shannel voiced her concerns repeatedly, but says they were brushed aside.
    — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
  • France did, once Napoleon brushed aside the ashes of the First Republic.
    — Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Trump brushed aside questions about whether Xi agreed Iran should not obtain a nuclear weapon.
    — Bart Jansen, USA Today, 15 May 2026
  • Others said Trump deserves the honor and brushed aside the controversy.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
  • From his perspective, the damage caused over recent years by the Sussexes has been too great to simply brush aside.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 June 2026
  • Yes, there was the fire warrior Varang (Oona Chaplin), but even that character felt brushed aside by the end.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Stocks have brushed aside the prospect that turmoil in the region will persist much longer, counting on Trump to back off the hostilities.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Kerr brushes aside questions about a future political career.
    — John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The ongoing feud raises questions about the future of Fed independence, but the market has brushed aside the risks for now.
    — Jeff Marks,morgan Chittum, CNBC, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Other top Democratic lawmakers brushed aside concerns that the progressive wing would speak for the rest of the party.
    — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 24 June 2026
  • Mamdani brushed aside the appointment, noting that Adams’s administration is on a time clock.
    — Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Coach Jeff Blashill brushed aside the idea of playing harder for that streak, but the team came out better than in previous second games of back-to-backs.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Pritzker brushed aside any political framing on Thursday.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • The actual complexities of the Yemeni state under the leadership of the Houthi movement were brushed aside.
    — Séamus Malekafzali, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2026
  • What was striking at the Davos conference this year was how easily this issue was brushed aside — overshadowed by the urgency of the issue du jour.
    — Ajaypal Banga, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Brewers manager Pat Murphy also brushed aside questions about the call during his postgame news conference.
    — ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Karp brushed aside critics of Palantir’s strategic direction, but a closer look at the trading floor suggested his boasts were no match for market structure.
    — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But in hard sci-fi stories like Weir’s, where dangers and complications aren’t easily brushed aside, such activities are filled with suspense.
    — Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 24 Mar. 2026
  • However, fears of a bubble have clouded the outlook for AI, a worry Huang has repeatedly brushed aside.
    — Rosa De Acosta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Being brushed aside by the likes of Larkin and Tkachuk is a clear sign that at least some top players no longer view New York as a desirable situation.
    — Vincent Z. Mercogliano, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Goodell brushed aside the criticism, emphasizing that the halftime show’s purpose is to entertain and reach the widest audience possible.
    — Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Women’s concerns are often minimized or brushed aside, making this an especially difficult area to navigate.
    — Korin Miller, Flow Space, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Democrats repeatedly cried foul, and even some Republicans aired concerns about the White House brushing aside Congress.
    — Emily Brooks, The Hill, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Napoleon was also brushed aside, soon afterwards, but his Napoleonic Code, and the value of the French franc fixed to gold, survived through the 19th century.
    — Nathan Lewis, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026

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