Brassiness Definition & Meaning

Examples of brassy in a Sentence

a brassy customer insisted on arriving late and still being taken first

Recent Examples on the Web The rubbery bassline and sudden stabs of background vocals evoke early-’80s Prince, while the horns call back to the prior decade, specifically the brassy riffing of Earth, Wind & Fire. — Mark Richardson, WSJ, 23 May 2022 The brassy banda group will become the first act from Tijuana — and the first regional Mexican music act of any kind — to ever headline at the massive stadium. — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2022 Purple formulas help cancel unwanted yellow or brassy tones, as purple and yellow are opposite on the color wheel and neutralize each other. — Dori Price, Good Housekeeping, 15 June 2022 On a recent spring night, the brassy horn from a saxophonist and bright beating of a cymbal played from the upstairs bar of the dark black and brick facade. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2022 Her kaleidoscopic patter, a forceful blend of life and career advice dispensed with a brassy New York inflection, is by turns funny, savvy and nasty. — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2022 Backed with brassy flair by a funky trumpet section, the R&B and soul singer excels on an uptempo number that offers a funky counterpart to the album's heavy dose of '80s rock. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 20 May 2022 The brassy shade of the fish may be a form of camouflage that absorbs remnants of blue light, so at deep depths, the fish is nearly invisible, per Live Science. — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2022 In its first-ever Broadway revival, Funny Girl stars Beanie Feldstein as Fanny Brice, the brassy Ziegfeld comedian first portrayed by Barbra Streisand in the 1960s. — Vogue, 21 Apr. 2022 See More

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