Examples of brass ring in a Sentence
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Built in 1909 by Charles I. D. Looff, who made the carousel for the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk two years later, Spokane’s merry-go-round offers 54 horses, a giraffe, a tiger and two Chinese dragon chairs and, of course, a brass ring.
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Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
There is no ladder of success in the business, there is no brass ring at the end.
—Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
It’s made with a thick polyurethane — a solid plastic that is strong with some flexibility, and a lead-free brass ring.
—Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
Editor’s picks The Machine is Bert Kreischer’s bid for grabbing the big-screen-stardom brass ring, taking his infamous anecdote and turning it into a meta-action-comedy perfectly tailored to his stage persona.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023
Once upon a time, getting a job in a TV writers’ room was a brass ring of its own.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 2 May 2023
The Tribeca premiere is the first brass ring yielded by Henri’s passion project, which unspools Hargrove’s evolution from 17-year-old jazz virtuoso to influential, groundbreaking visionary (with credits on such classic albums as D’Angelo’s 2000 set Voodoo) in cinéma vérité style.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 14 June 2022
Reach for that brass ring.
—Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2020
Contentment is life’s brass ring.
—John Rosemond, ajc, 5 June 2020
Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
There is no ladder of success in the business, there is no brass ring at the end.
—Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
It’s made with a thick polyurethane — a solid plastic that is strong with some flexibility, and a lead-free brass ring.
—Rennie Dyball, Peoplemag, 28 June 2023
Editor’s picks The Machine is Bert Kreischer’s bid for grabbing the big-screen-stardom brass ring, taking his infamous anecdote and turning it into a meta-action-comedy perfectly tailored to his stage persona.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 June 2023
Once upon a time, getting a job in a TV writers’ room was a brass ring of its own.
—Peter Rubin, Longreads, 2 May 2023
The Tribeca premiere is the first brass ring yielded by Henri’s passion project, which unspools Hargrove’s evolution from 17-year-old jazz virtuoso to influential, groundbreaking visionary (with credits on such classic albums as D’Angelo’s 2000 set Voodoo) in cinéma vérité style.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 14 June 2022
Reach for that brass ring.
—Thomas Farragher, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2020
Contentment is life’s brass ring.
—John Rosemond, ajc, 5 June 2020
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“Brass ring.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brass%20ring. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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