brassy - use in sentences

Modifies a noun

  • sound: This produces a brassy sound which is popular for accompanying singers and other instruments.
  • tone: The fifth has less doublets, but both bells have strong higher partials which gives them a rough, brassy tone.
  • arrangement: His music for both series expertly welds driving, brassy arrangements to the funky rhythms of that decade.
  • mother: Forgotten against her brassy mother 's life of cheap booze and even cheaper men, Little Voice retreats into a world of her own.
  • voice: From the window of a nearby bar, the brassy voices of drunk Americans.
  • mover: A brassy organ mover of fine proportions extolling the virtues of Younger's Special.

Modifying Another Word

  • too: Yet this never feels too brassy, unlike the First Natural Hair Band.
  • very: The Challenger is very brassy and a great effort from the group, with no overshadowing on any aspect.

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