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Example sentences for: brass

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If we take a three-inch cannonball on a very hot day, compute its diameter on a very cold day (assuming a drop of 60° C.), and compare this to the contraction of brass for the same drop in temperature, while it is true that the cannonballs will have shrunken twice as much as the brass monkey , the difference for ten balls would be less than a sixteenth of an inch; the pile would not topple even if their diameters were twice as large.
What about all those men you see in gray slacks and navy blue blazers with brass buttons?
As soon as it became clear that the mission had gone awry, Pentagon brass began leaking profligately: In the span of a few days, anonymous quotes appeared in the Post , New York Times , Los Angeles Times , Washington Times , Wall Street Journal , and all three newsweeklies.
The GOP brass wanted to leave the ban alone: There is little upside to endorsing semiautomatic weapons.
Antiques, including Chinese jade, ceramics, bronzes, gowns, incense burners, and perfume bottles; Thai ceramics and bronzes; Indian brass; Indonesian wooden masks and carvings.