verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
brandish/wield a knife (= wave it around in a threatening way )
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A man brandishing a knife burst into the room.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A man brandishing a gun had threatened staff and customers at a local bank.
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At one point, the suspect brandished a knife.
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Four horsemen dashed up at full gallop, shouting and brandishing their weapons.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He'd remembered the Walther Steve had brandished in Evelyn's Wandsworth house.
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He brandished the moral force of government as his weapon.
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In her writing she recounts a story about one lovesick cowboy who brandished a pistol at her.
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Men's fists punched the air, brandishing flagons of beer.
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One witness claimed a shotgun had been brandished before police arrived at the scene.
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Stepping high in the light gravity and brandishing the bag before her, she ploughed her way out into the open air.