How to Use brunt in a Sentence

brunt

noun

• 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
• 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
• Few Faroese children died in the outbreak; instead, adults bore the brunt.
  — Katherine S. Xue, The New Yorker, 21 July 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
• The brunt of the curtailments is likely to be felt by farmers.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Aug. 2021
• Alabama appeared to sustain the brunt of the damage from the storms.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
• Without a doubt, seniors have borne the brunt of the coronavirus’ impact in the U.S.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 17 May 2022
• And while the extent of the water cuts is the same in the two main scenarios, the difference lies in who would bear the brunt of the cuts.
  — Ella Nilsen, CNN, 11 Apr. 2023
• The region has not borne the brunt of a major hurricane since 1921.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 27 Sep. 2022
• Though Bucha and the towns around Kyiv were bearing the brunt of the Russian onslaught at the time, life in Mykolaiv was not easy.
  — New York Times, 18 July 2022
• Police data shows that council Districts 2, 4, and 5 have felt the brunt of the uptick in crime.
  — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Oct. 2021
• The battle for Kyiv has been brutal, and civilians in the cities around the capital have borne much of the brunt of war.
  — Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2022
• And our state is going to bear the brunt and migrants will be in crisis as soon as next week.
  — CBS News, 7 May 2023
• Australia bears brunt of outages in Asia While the outages were being experienced worldwide, Australia appeared to be severely affected by the issue.
  — Charlotte Graham-McLay, Elaine Kurtenbach, and David McHugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 July 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024