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Recent Examples of brassy The brassy backing vocals and gospel choirs that have long defined the 2020 Country Music Association Entertainer of the Year's sound are present. Marcus K. Dowling, The Tennessean, 2 May 2025 Disco introduced significant use of synthesizers, electronic pianos and orchestral instruments, such as brassy horns and silky strings, and often featured repetitive lyrics. Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025 On this Jimmy McHugh cover, her tone is brassy, and clearly influenced by rock singers — but more charming for it. Kristen S. Hé, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025 Designed to revive brassy blonde hair with coolness and shine, the shampoo gets its blue tint from jagua fruit extract. Jenny Berg, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for brassy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brassy
Adjective
  • Now, Courtney Brown, an associate professor at Southern Methodist University (SMU), has taken a bold and creative step forward.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Backstage, hair and makeup looks were designed to echo the avant-garde edge of his collection—a reminder that timeless beauty can be both bold and modern.
    Essence, Essence, 14 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Either by choice or otherwise, Wolves lost seven players who appeared regularly in the first team last season and brought in six new faces, so numbers-wise, there is little difference.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The measure further reduces offshore drilling, but the effort to compensate in a region that is highly dependent on the oil industry was a wise move.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the video, the actress mouthed along to a sassy audio while dressed casually in a Nike sweatshirt and a bare face.
    Julia Moore, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Some cats are playful and sassy— going for the toys, knocking glasses off of tables, spider monkeying their owners from the top of a bookshelf.
    TJ Macias, Kansas City Star, 1 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • While earlier incidents against Jewish sites, coming amid the backlash over the soaring death toll in Israel’s conflict in Gaza, sparked a media frenzy around this particularly act of brazen antisemitism, the pigs’ heads did not have the same effect.
    Saskya Vandoorne, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But in recent years, acts of brazen violence have been the grim drumbeat of a debased national politics.
    Eric Cortellessa, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This is the second time in a row that fresh Hindi releases fell short at the box office while a south-Indian film ranked high among global top scorers for a weekend.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The radiance and fresh-grapefruit scent linger on the skin; so do the moisturizing sunflower, passion fruit, açai, babassu, and rice bran oils.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Chunky, saucy ground beef melts into the soft bite-sized potato dumplings, bound to stick to your ribs.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Expect enough backstabbing, saucy secrets, and nonsensical cameos to more than make up for the loss of And Just Like That.
    Lucy Ford, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Vinnie Barbarino Was a Standout John Travolta’s Vinnie was known for his cocky swagger and flirtatious antics.
    Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Compliments find you with greater ease, too; with Venus, your planetary ruler, now in Leo, your magnetism is louder and your confidence reads as warm, not cocky.
    Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In the two-thousands, the reggaetón explosion made stars of brash Puerto Rican performers like Daddy Yankee and Don Omar, who also happened to be rivals.
    Kelefa Sanneh, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • There’s a version of this guy who could easily support another one of Vaughn’s brash bro comedies.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Brassy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brassy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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