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Example sentences for: brunt

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The brunt of these cuts will be felt most in Wayne County where according to the census some 333,000 poor people live, the largest concentration of poverty in the state.
But because of a deliberate British policy, the Irish bore the brunt.
The Times reports that state lawmakers are bearing the brunt of reform: states adopted 1,400 health-care bills last year, and another 16,000 proposals have been introduced for 2000.
Most important, because the apparel industry has been one of the first to face the full brunt of the retail revolution, its story illuminates pervasive changes under way in the entire economy.
Portugal’s citizens, overburdened with taxes, bore the brunt of the king’s extravagances.