How to Use brunt in a Sentence

brunt

noun

• Inland areas were forecast to bear the brunt of Monday’s heat.
  — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Sep. 2021
• Employers bear the financial brunt of the chronic illness crisis.
  — Jeffrey Lee, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
• Abaco received the brunt of the damages totaling 87% of the destruction.
  — Joe Mario Pedersen, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2021
• Southeast Louisiana may end up bearing the brunt of the flooding, forecasters said.
  — Angie Dimichele, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2021
• After the bill’s signing, the group predicted existing residents would bear the brunt of costs tied to new development through higher taxes.
  — David Lyons, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2021
• The result is an overall increase in cases, with the unvaccinated bearing the brunt of hospitalizations and deaths.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2021
• With much of the nation’s white-collar workforce suddenly working from home, domestic workers and cleaning services bore much of the brunt of the economic fallout.
  — Shamira Ibrahim, Essence, 6 Sep. 2021
• Small businesses are left with the brunt of the problems facing California, Del Beccaro said.
  — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2021
• Connecticut and Rhode island are expected to take the brunt of the rainfall, with forecasters expecting between 3 and 4 inches there.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 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
• 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
• 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
• Cape Breton was among the areas expected to take the brunt of the storm.
  — Adrienne Vogt, CNN, 24 Sep. 2022
• 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
• Poland has borne the brunt of a historic wave of fleeing Ukrainian refugees.
  — Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2022
• Tech shares bore the brunt of Friday’s rout, with the Nasdaq 100 tumbling more than 3%.
  — Vildana Hajric, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022
• If a mother feels forced to bring a child into the world, the child will bear the brunt of her resentment.
  — Erica Komisar, WSJ, 28 July 2022
• Alabama appeared to sustain the brunt of the damage from the storms.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
• While blight is a problem for both cities and towns, inner cities often bear the brunt, Perez said.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2024
• After all, your muscles are all connected, so when one is out of whack, others can bear the brunt.
  — Erica Sloan, SELF, 15 July 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024