the brunt of

idiom

: 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 His Jelly had the heartfelt charisma to withstand the brunt of Wolfe’s harsh interpretive scrutiny. —

Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024 But 2024 has borne the brunt of 2023’s Hollywood strikes, so the number of prestige projects sliding in before the cutoff has been conspicuously low. —

Judy Berman, TIME, 31 May 2024 Constructed in the Great Depression at a time of segregation, its residents lived with the stigma associated with public housing projects and suffered the brunt of societal ills such as crime, gangs and the crack epidemic of the 1980s and ‘90s. —

Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2024 Studies have shown that American consumers largely bore the brunt of those taxes. —

Selina Wang, ABC News, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for the brunt of

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