How to Use brunt in a Sentence

brunt

noun

• Oceans bear much of the brunt of the warming and emissions.
  — Reuters and Angela Dewan, CNN, 18 May 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Women still bear the brunt of both childcare and elder care.
  — Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, Forbes, 25 June 2022
• Indeed, those sorts of buildings are bearing the brunt.
  — Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• Others believed that Moehringer would probably get the brunt of the blame.
  — Nardine Saadstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2023
• The brunt of the surge and waves from the Category 1 storm hit around Myrtle Beach on Friday.
  — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 1 Oct. 2022
• The records also indicate that Texas taxpayers could bear the brunt of the costs.
  — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 16 June 2022
• Crane also talked about the Astros and their fans taking the brunt of the abuse from fans of opposing teams.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 11 May 2022
• The senior running back rushed for three touchdowns for the Saints, and shouldered the brunt of the workload as the Saints looked to close out the game in the fourth quarter.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Nov. 2022
• The brunt of her activism, of late, has involved the opioid crisis, of which Goldin is a survivor.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2022
• The reality is that women are bearing the brunt of this spike in sick kids.
  — Lindsay Kohler, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022
• With the brunt of the pandemic behind it, the group has turned to addressing mental health.
  — Anjali Huynh, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Oct. 2022
• The Gulf of Maine off the New England coast is rapidly warming, bearing the brunt of the impact of climate change in the region.
  — Sabrina Shankman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 July 2022
• The park remains shut, and officials said the northern reaches, which bore the brunt of the deluge, may be closed for months.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 17 June 2022
• That wall locker took the brunt of the grenade blast shielding Romaine and Hodges from massive shrapnel.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 30 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024