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Example sentences for: brushing

How can you use “brushing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Even had they known English, milk would seem a tame enough word; and it might likely refer to something as innocent as brushing one's teeth or going to sleep.
The number of people who work to put on one of these spectacles--building the set, brushing down the wigs, turning the crank that lowers Don Giovanni down into hell--is incredible.
Meanwhile, television fawned over McCartney, brushing aside the "modesty" of her musical skills and marveling at her heroic struggle against breast cancer.
They were asked to reply (yes or no) to the use of tap water for brushing teeth, washing vegetables, consuming beverages containing ice made from tap water both inside and outside the home.
He himself goes in for a brushing blow-wave.