the brunt of

phrase

: the main force or effect of (something harmful or dangerous)

Cities on the coast felt/bore the brunt of the storm.

His troops took the brunt of the enemy attack.

Examples of the brunt of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bangkok and the eastern region are likely to take the brunt of the impact, particularly wholesale and retail businesses, while industry and agriculture will suffer elsewhere, Aat added. — Reuters, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026

But residents argued that neighborhoods along the corridor already bore the brunt of highway expansions in the 1960s, which included displacement of minority communities in McCrorey Heights and Biddleville. — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 24 Sep. 2026

With no local champions in artificial intelligence and the IT services industry facing the brunt of AI advancements, India is widely seen as an anti-AI trade. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 22 Sep. 2026

At the beginning of the year, the rotation bore the brunt of the injury bug, with left-hander Blake Snell and right-hander Tyler Glasnow missing months of the season. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the brunt of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove