Sentence examples for The brush of from inspiring English sources

The brush of a trainer's ponytail against the nose of a killer whale appears to have been what sparked the whale's attack.

"The brush of the mop was trapped inside the gap in the stairs," the statement said, "which caused cracks in the comb plate".

The brush of small wings stirs up a tempest halfway around the world.

But he has still been tarred by the brush of child abuse.

Tarring whole communities with the brush of racism doesn't bring us grace.

But by then the first President Bush was well tarred with the brush of economic ineptitude.

For one thing, countries like Benin are tarred with the brush of slavery when arguably this is inappropriate.

His face had a gentleness and sweetness that the brush of Lucian Freud could not, I think, catch.

A text is gone at the brush of a fingertip, like a nuclear bomb or exocet missile.

His argument tars all American conservatives with the brush of anti-evolutionism, a clear instance of "guilt by association".

"If I just close my eyes I can feel the brush of her lips against my cheek," she says.