Sometimes those flautists try to brush past your ears and you feel alone.
I usually try to brush up on the local language, but not this time.
He cannot try to brush the corners, and he definitely cannot toss pitches that rise too high above the knees.
"If you are a high fastball pitcher, you're going to try to brush them back," Steinbrenner said.
But it may also be (as was suggested later) that he was hoping that someone would actually take out a handkerchief and try to brush the dust away.
"If the government does try to brush it aside, it will leave you thinking, 'well, what democracy is there?'," she says.
For example, I try to brush my teeth and focus on the actual brushing rather than being on my usual autopilot.
Ms. Collins and some other Congressional Republicans said that their best strategy now was to focus on job-creating legislation and tax reform — issues that resonate with voters — and try to brush off Mr. Obama's affronts.
The lapse reinforced negative stereotypes about his candidacy, a point that was made clear after the debate when he made a rare trip into an adjoining room to face reporters and try to brush away what had happened.
Watching them try to brush aside the avalanche of claims against them was like watching a wind-up toy that has reached the wall; their wheels spun; they weren't going anywhere.
Cameron will hope to try to brush off the Tory squall over his future as he attempts to shift the battle back on to the economic impact of Brexit.
