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noun

ˈbru̇k How to pronounce brook (audio)
Definition of brooknext
as in creek
a natural body of running water smaller than a river there are tiny fish and frogs in that brook

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verb

as in to tolerate
to put up with (something painful or difficult) I will not brook insults from my own employees

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Recent Examples of brook
Noun
Insects drone over running brooks. — ABC News, 15 Apr. 2026 Enjoy rolling up a joint and smoking it by a babbling brook or forest clearing. — Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Verb
Republican House Speaker Dustin Burrows promised swift action and vowed to brook no more stalling tactics from Democrats. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025 Currently, Nicolas Maduro, Vladimir Putin and the Kim dynasty, brooking no dissent, are devastating their countries. — Peter S. Wenz, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for brook
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brook
  1. creek
  2. tolerate
  3. stand
  4. endure
  5. accept
  6. take
  7. handle
  8. bear
Noun
  • Now, yet again, state and local governments are launching an effort to help clean Lake Jesup, this time by removing some of the pollutants on a narrow creek before reaching the lake, which sits about 14 miles northeast of Orlando.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
  • The creek that cuts through the park carves a canyon, offering hundreds of short and steep pitches for rock climbing.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 19 July 2026
Definition of creek
Verb
  • The Steamfitters were staging protests outside the Pfizer site, accusing the MetroLoft — which employs a mix of union and nonunion contractors — of building on the cheap and tolerating unsafe work conditions.
    — Andrew Rice, Curbed, 23 July 2026
  • The remaining mainstream buyers, who are far more price-sensitive and less willing to tolerate the inconveniences of electric vehicles, aren’t gobbling up the technology.
    — Michael Harley, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of tolerate
Verb
  • In June, the annual inflation rate stood at 88%, according to official data.
    — Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • Otis hit a standing powerslam on Theory, but Maxxine answered with a slap to the face.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of stand
Verb
  • But for many Georgians who volunteered, worked, performed or attended the Games, the memories that have endured are far more personal.
    — Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
  • Iran’s hardline regime achieves a victory of sorts simply by enduring and surviving.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
Definition of endure
Verb
  • The club with the player on its discovery list then has five days (or three days during the secondary transfer window) to either accept the $50,000 and pass on the right to sign the player or make the player a reasonable offer.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • What other sport accepts diving as an accepted part of the game?
    — The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of accept
Verb
  • Pimpton may have the inside track to start after taking most of the first team reps in spring camp.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
  • Kansas’ three Democratic governor hopefuls dug in on the issues and took shots at each other’s integrity and effectiveness in an hourlong Tuesday-evening television debate hosted by Topeka’s WIBW.
    — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Definition of take
Verb
  • The escalating standoff comes as the fragile truce reached last month has fractured, once again disrupting energy flows through the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, which typically handles around 20% of the world's oil traffic.
    — Sam Meredith,Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • The state attorneys general and Paramount previously agreed to link the private party suit to the states’ case, which means that Martinez-Olguin will handle the state matter as well.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 17 July 2026
Definition of handle
Verb
  • Members of the Morrison family are coming out against the controversial sale of the beloved YMCA branch in south Charlotte bearing their name.
    — Chase Jordan July 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026
  • Nessie is a native Londoner born to a Singaporean mother and an Egyptian father.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 July 2026
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