Now Aidala wanted to broach the topic of extortion again.
Why does even broaching the topic with people immediately make them defensive?
Once I broached the topic, I sensed immediately that I had directed our class onto a different, untrodden path.
When the subject is broached in the classroom, many students are immediately on the defensive, either as proponents of evolution or as creationists.
When she broached the airlift idea with Mr. Demchak, he immediately agreed, and called several close friends, including Mr. Feldstein.
Clarke was at pains to talk up the side's unity, insisting that "we're as galvanised as I can remember in any Australian team", but the shutters immediately came down when the content of Arthur's comments was broached.
So far this year, lawmakers in at least ten states Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island have broached bills to eliminate the tipped minimum wage either immediately or through incremental raises until it matches the full minimum.
The topic broached, Sebastian Coe, the former Olympic champion who is now chief of the London Organizing Committee, immediately began to recite the 19th-century Henry Newbolt poem "Vitai Lampada," with its contrasting verses that describe a British schoolboy playing cricket and then fighting future battles in distant lands to the recurring cry of "Play up! Play up!
You broach a subject, but do not broach "with" something.
When Murphy broached the idea of the passing academy, Fitzpatrick was so surprised — "Kind of refreshing," Murphy said — that he did not immediately understand why Murphy wanted him to go.
