How to Use brunt in a Sentence

brunt

noun

• Buyers are bearing the brunt of this run on real estate.
  — Frederick Peters, Forbes, 22 June 2021
• But more than any other demographic, women bore the brunt of the losses.
  — Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 June 2021
• Workers thus bear the brunt of inflation, but wage-price spirals seem less threatening.
  — Jon Hilsenrath, WSJ, 11 June 2021
• Around the world, religious institutions bore the brunt of coronavirus rules.
  — Lois McLatchie, National Review, 6 June 2021
• Overnight thunderstorms brought heavy rain and some flooding across the state, with south central Indiana bearing the brunt of the storms.
  — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2021
• Black and brown residents, many of them essential workers, bore the brunt of this pandemic, Ferrer said.
  — Russ Mitchell Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2021
• But ordinary Nigerians are likely to continue bearing the brunt of the ban.
  — Shola Lawal, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 June 2021
• Historically, when sea otters were over-hunted by colonizing forces, kelp forests also felt the brunt of that loss.
  — Jen Rose Smith, Vogue, 11 June 2021
• Sadly, women—especially women of color—are bearing the brunt of the student debt crisis.
  — Kim Churches, NBC News, 21 June 2021
• Without this hazy atmosphere, Pluto’s volatile glaciers would have encountered the full brunt of the sun and frittered away into oblivion.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
• Indeed, Black small businesses have taken a greater hit from the pandemic, bearing the brunt of closures early in the crisis.
  — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 18 June 2021
• The subject of culpability in extramarital affairs comes up in both, particularly how husbands tend to get a free pass while their female paramours bear the brunt of the blame.
  — Washington Post, 15 June 2021
• Too many companies have defaulted to endless pivots and equivocation, at the expense of decisiveness and clarity — and their employees are left to bear the brunt.
  — Ryan Wong, Forbes, 7 June 2021
• Northern California, which has felt the brunt of this oppressive heat, is also expected to be impacted this weekend, as well as western Nevada.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 26 June 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 | [e-mail], al, 13 Oct. 2021
• The brunt of the outage lasted a little more than an hour.
  — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Nov. 2021
• In both conflicts, the brunt of the fighting fell on local forces.
  — New York Times, 7 July 2021
• Qatar's camels have begun to take the brunt of the country's jump in tourism amid the World Cup frenzy.
  — Haley Chi-Sing | Fox News, Fox News, 28 Nov. 2022
• Asheville bears brunt of 'heartbreaking'devastation On Sunday, officials in western North Carolina continued to search for flood victims.
  — Will Hofmann, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jan 2025