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How to use brimmed in a sentence

12 example sentences · adjective

Brimmed means having a brim. Example: “In the wilderness, a brimmed hat will ward off heat stroke for a while.”

Examples of brimmed by meaning

adjectiveHaving a brim.

  • In the wilderness, a brimmed hat will ward off heat stroke for a while.

More sentences with brimmed

  • When he proposed, my heart brimmed over.From the entry brim over
  • She was my new doctor, a bespectacled Argentinean whose concern for me brimmed visibly in her eyes.2022, Namwali Serpell, The Furrows, Hogarth, page 66. From the entry Argentinean
  • Everything is too fat!" Joanna shot her mother a baleful glance that brimmed with threat.1994, Judith Clarke, “Tights”, in Friend of My Heart, St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, →ISBN, pages 35–36. From the entry ladder
  • A shrubful of nannie-berries at the foot of an ancient vineyard brimmed Myra’s cup to overflowing.1906 October, Julia A[ugusta] Schwartz, “All Kinds of Sense”, in Elinor’s College Career […], Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, and Company…. From the entry shrubful
  • Today was her little sister’s birthday, and what better way to commemorate than eating salad brimmed with the freshest of fruits.2020 September, Darcy Encarnacion, “When It Falls”, in Scribbles, volume 1, number 1, Manila: De La Salle University Writers’ Guild, page 14. From the entry fresh
  • Silent tears brimmed in Lorraine’s eyes as she stood there, wringing her mashed-potatoey hands on a dish towel.1994, Anthony Bruno, Bad Apple, New York, N.Y.: Delacorte Press, →ISBN, page 289. From the entry mashed-potatoey
  • Victor, who wears glasses herself on occasion, scoffs at the idea of hiding the be-glassed visage under a brimmed hat.1939 November 12, Isabella Taves, “Glamour with Glasses”, in The Detroit Free Press, 109th year, number 192, part three, page 10. From the entry be-glassed
  • He dressed by preference in checked overcoats and curly brimmed bowler hats that were at once dashingly smart and four decades out of date.1935, George Orwell, chapter 4, in A Clergyman’s Daughter, New York: Avon, published 1970, page 144. From the entry dashingly
  • Driftwood chimes made by Deirdre clinked their music in the breeze, and neatly tended beds—kept so by me—brimmed with flowers and herbs in the surrounding garden.2021, Xan van Rooyen, By the Blood of Rowans, →ISBN. From the entry clink
  • He wore two top coats, a broad brimmed hat, and an enormous red travelling shawl, behind the folds of which his portly double chin was entirely hidden.1958 October, “Liverpool to London in 1842”, in Railway Magazine, page 682. From the entry shawl
  • A small container from a bakery brimmed with honey cakes or jelly ponchiks or cream puffs or a pastry that enticed his sweet tooth or whatever was the day special.2021, Wolodymyr Mohuchy, “Parenthood”, in Cyborg, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, →ISBN. From the entry ponchik

Meaning of brimmed

  1. adjective Having a brim.

Full definition of brimmed

Questions about brimmed in a sentence

How do you use brimmed in a sentence?
Brimmed is used as an adjective. For example: “In the wilderness, a brimmed hat will ward off heat stroke for a while.”
What is a short sentence with brimmed?
“When he proposed, my heart brimmed over.”
What does brimmed mean?
Brimmed means having a brim.

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