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How to use brad in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun, verb

Brad means a thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin. Example: “Brad and Nicole were waffling in humanities class because they didn't know the answer.”

Examples of brad by meaning

nounA thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small...

  • Into the middle arch of each desk silver-headed brads had been hammered to form a lion, a bear, a ram, a dove, and in the midst a flaming torch.1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 5

More sentences with brad

  • Brad and Nicole were waffling in humanities class because they didn't know the answer.From the entry waffling
  • Brad and Mary have a thing going on.From the entry have a thing going on
  • Brad and Mary have a thing.From the entry have a thing
  • Brad has a thing for Mary.From the entry have a thing
  • Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie may not be married anymore, but this look from Mr. and Mrs.2023 September 19, Chaise Sanders, “50 Best Halloween Costumes of All Time, From the Classics to the Truly Unique”, in Cosmopolitan…. From the entry live rent-free in someone's mind
  • Brad led Matthew into the family room where they celebrated Christmas Eves and told Matthew, “Papa’s gone.2015, Rhoda G. Penny, chapter 7, in An Extra Ordinary Life, Mustang, Okla.: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, LLC, →ISBN, page 62. From the entry Christmas Eve
  • Brad has 99 problems but the Schleck ain't one of them.2012, John Deering, Bradley Wiggins: Tour de Force, →ISBN, page 56. From the entry 99 problems
  • Brad calls out, “Let's not burn daylight when there's work to be done!”2007, Tom Thunderhorse, Charlie Goodbear, page 47. From the entry burn daylight
  • Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 379. From the entry loganberry
  • Brad Wenstrup, a podiatrist, will hold a markup session for the report Wednesday before submitting it to the congressional record.2024 December 2, Katherine Dillinger, “House Covid-19 panel releases final report criticizing public health response to the pandemic”, in…. From the entry submit
  • Brad: Sara, did you take my Clearasil again?1987 Adventures in Babysitting, 00:06:35. From the entry zit
  • Brad, our drummer who never says a word, Ben our aspiring constitutional scholar, and Bernie our bassist who has a deep crush on Mrs.2023, Pari Forood, “Zakopane/Zurich”, in The Goodwill Mission, New York, N.Y.: Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN, part II (Poland). From the entry zapiekanka
  • Brad Sykes is that man boy.2023, Steve Hutchison, The Worst Horror Movies 2. From the entry aardvarking
  • Brad Ross, a spokesman for the Toronto Transit Commission, said it is studying the feasibility of platform-edge doors, which would cost hundreds of millions to install.2009 February 18, Melissa Leong, Justin Robertson, “Man accused of TTC assault to remain in police custody: 47-year-old may undergo…. From the entry platform-edge door

Meaning of brad

  1. noun A thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.
  2. noun A paper fastener, a fastening device formed of thin, soft metal, such as shim brass, with a round head and a flat, split shank, which is spread after insertion in a hole in a stack of pages, in much the same way as a cotter pin or a split rivet.
  3. verb To attach using a brad.

Full definition of brad

Questions about brad in a sentence

How do you use brad in a sentence?
Brad is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Brad and Nicole were waffling in humanities class because they didn't know the answer.”
What is a short sentence with brad?
“Brad Sykes is that man boy.”
What does brad mean?
Brad means a thin, small nail, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head, or occasionally with a small domed head, similar to that of an escutcheon pin.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brad (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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