Verb (used with object) : brandishing his sword, he rode into battle. From Dictionary.com.
Those are the only two that I can recall brandishing an M rating. From Wordnik.com. [WarCry Network : Latest News] Reference
"It is the mode of the DPRK's counteraction to react to sword brandishing in kind," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Bangkokpost.com : Breaking News] Reference
AIUI, the grand theft is a misdemeanor with a 1 year max, the battery has a 6 month max and the brandishing is a misdemeanor 30 day min. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Alleged Religion-Based Attack in California] Reference
Universally, states outlaw displaying a firearm in a threatening manner or "brandishing". From Wordnik.com. [When 1st and 2nd Amendment Conflict: Protests, Guns and Double Standards] Reference
But they don't make hands at waist level appear as though they are in the air, "brandishing" a stapler. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference
In general, "brandishing" requires that the weapon be handled in a way deliberately calculated to intimidate. From Wordnik.com. [When 1st and 2nd Amendment Conflict: Protests, Guns and Double Standards] Reference
No shots fired, mind you, but is this kind of brandishing legal if the kid can establish he legitimately feared for his safety, etc. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Was SEIU’s Picketing Illegal, Whether or Not They Trespassed?] Reference
No shots fired, mind you, but is this kind of brandishing legal if the kid can establish he legitimately feared for his safety, etc.?. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Was SEIU’s Picketing Illegal, Whether or Not They Trespassed?] Reference
The Thomas office calls that "brandishing" a weapon. From Wordnik.com. [mbryan's shared items in Google Reader] Reference
It continued, "It is the mode of the DPRK's counteraction to react to sword brandishing in kind. From Wordnik.com. [chicagotribune.com -] Reference
He was suspended as a freshman for an incident in which he allegedly was "brandishing" a baseball bat during a dorm altercation. From Wordnik.com. [Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com] Reference
'brandishing' his pen as truculently as ever on behalf of the Protestant and Hanoverian succession, and in despite of the Jacobite cause. From Wordnik.com. [Henry Fielding: a Memoir] Reference
A man was arrested in connection with brandishing a weapon. From Wordnik.com. [Fairfax County crime report] Reference
Not so, said his rival Diogenes, brandishing a plucked chicken. From Wordnik.com. [Homo Sapiens: A New Answer To An Old 'Quest'-Ion] Reference
Clinton's policy of brandishing carrots before a carnivorous regime has collapsed. From Wordnik.com. [Since Mckinley's Cigar] Reference
The Republicans, brandishing high tariffs, appealed to the industrial Northeast and Midwest. From Wordnik.com. [The Message From 1896?] Reference
"Ah, Air France," he says, brandishing the latest addition to his collection of frequent-flier cards. From Wordnik.com. [Fall Arts Preview: Gergiev Goes Global] Reference
About 500 dog lovers protested the new regulations outside the Beijing Zoo, brandishing stuffed animals. From Wordnik.com. [Pet Peeves in China] Reference
Scores of union workers brandishing their union cards at checkpoints faced off with overwhelmed policemen. From Wordnik.com. [Watching From Afar] Reference
A 41-year-old was charged with brandishing a firearm and discharging a weapon inside an occupied dwelling. From Wordnik.com. [Fairfax County crime report] Reference
Now, after 11 years as serious soul mates, Woody Allen and Mia Farrow are instead brandishing court papers. From Wordnik.com. [After 11 Years, Woody And Mia Are Throwing In Th] Reference
Mobs brandishing bricks, stones and Kalashnikov rifles surrounded the Delight Theater and threatened to destroy it. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Picture Show] Reference
In both cases, Guandique stalked his victims through the park, then grabbed them from behind while brandishing a knife. From Wordnik.com. ['You've Just Got Bones'] Reference
Congressman Cannon began brandishing a button that read FREE LISA MYERS. Clinton's team was beginning to breathe easier. From Wordnik.com. [Why Clinton Won] Reference
My petulance is obvious as I shrug myself away from my mother's outstretched arm -- asserting my will, brandishing my independence. From Wordnik.com. [I'm Ready To Follow My Father's Lead] Reference
A traveling buddy chips in, brandishing a Lonely Planet guide: "It says here it's not polite to ask people what they did in the war.". From Wordnik.com. [Escape To The Balkans] Reference
But down one dusty lane a thin young man with a wispy beard, was brandishing something decidedly more modern: a Thuraya satellite phone. From Wordnik.com. [Afghan Diary: Bizarre Bazaar] Reference
But these don't make the headlines, and there are no pictures of destroyed mosques or screaming Christians brandishing machetes anywhere. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
At the time of the incident, Mueller Sheen said her husband threatened to kill her while brandishing a knife, an allegation Sheen denied. From Wordnik.com. [Charlie Sheen pleads guilty, avoids jail time] Reference
Relishing the moment, capitals are brandishing the 10th Amendment, which empowers states to do what's not expressly delegated to the Feds. From Wordnik.com. [Defiance In The Sun Belt] Reference
Patricia Walker watched as three small boys who were playing outdoors walked into the apartment across the street, one brandishing a stick. From Wordnik.com. [Just 'A Little Munchkin'] Reference
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