Troy Carter

When you have to negotiate for survival, and you have to know how to read rooms, and you have to know who the bad guys in the rooms are - who has the gun in their pocket, who's just going to brandish it, and who's going to actually pull the trigger. So I think that's just a natural instinct that comes with coming from where I come from.

American Producer

Courtney Act

I think my first actual real job was a door-to-doors salesperson for Foxtel, a cable TV company, and that lasted a couple of weeks because I got held, like I wouldn't say at swordpoint, but I was kept in someone's house against my will and she did have a sword and was sort of brandishing it.

Australian Entertainer

Craig Brown

When I was young, I used to expect Parisians to wear little black berets, to bicycle about with strings of onions around their necks, and to brandish long sticks of bread, just like they used to do in school textbooks.

English Critic

Eric Liu

The next time someone uses denial of citizenship as a weapon or brandishes the special status conferred upon him by the accident of birth, ask him this: What have you done lately to earn it?

American Writer

Jane Goldman

There's video footage of my 10th birthday where I'm wearing, like, a little pink T-shirt. Then my dad comes in brandishing a copy of 'Eraserhead,' going, 'Look what we've got for tonight!

English Writer

Amitava Kumar

Such is the impurity of our enterprise, as writers or as critics, that even in the act of proclaiming our freedom from the demands of authenticity, we are never free from brandishing it.

Indian Writer

Janeane Garofalo

I can do most anything and not have a problem with it. The only time I have negative attention is when I run naked through the streets brandishing a handgun.

American Comedian

Mona Eltahawy

My parents' generation grew up high on the Arab nationalism that Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser brandished in the 1950s.

Egyptian Journalist

Caroline Knapp

You'll reach into your wallet to brandish a photograph of a new puppy, and a friend will say, 'Oh, no - not pictures.

Scott Adkins

I think every red-blooded male enjoys brandishing a firearm.

English Actor

Use brandish when describing someone threateningly waving a dangerous object, suggesting potential harm.

Physical Threat

Brandish implies aggressive or vigorous action, often done to intimidate others.

Aggressive Action

Brandishing usually conveys strong emotions, such as anger, excitement, or defiance.

Emotional Intensity

Brandish can indicate proudly displaying personal achievements or possessions.

Showcase Achievements

Brandishing can reflect an attempt to impress others or demonstrate superiority.

Impress and Intimidate

When brandishing a non-threatening item, it often signals pride or accomplishment.

Connotation of Pride

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