Examples of 'brushed aside' in a sentence

Meaning of "brushed aside"

When someone or something is 'brushed aside', it means that they are disregarded or dismissed as unimportant or insignificant. It implies that their concerns, opinions, or contributions are not taken seriously or taken into consideration
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  • simple past tense and past participle of brush aside

How to use "brushed aside" in a sentence

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brushed aside
He brushed aside questions about his temperament.
They can not be ignored or brushed aside.
We have been brushed aside as though we were of no account.
These concerns have been largely brushed aside.
He brushed aside fame and fortune.
Sadly our warning was brushed aside.
I am not going to be brushed aside by this kind of intellectual dishonesty.
The problem of employment cannot be brushed aside.
That was brushed aside then.
The voice of reason is so easily brushed aside.
I was once again brushed aside by employers.
I brushed aside the curtain that served as a door.
These nuances can not be brushed aside.
Charles brushed aside the thanks.
For his words can be brushed aside.

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They tend to be brushed aside as though they are minor matters.
Morality and ethics are brushed aside.
He brushed aside bureaucracies and worked through his own experts.
Kashmir can not be brushed aside any longer.
But after a day of fighting they were brushed aside.
She got brushed aside.
These problems can not simply be brushed aside.
This was brushed aside.
Questions from critical environmental organizations were brushed aside.
A great ideological fervor brushed aside doubts and scruples.
I was just puzzled by the way they were brushed aside.
This conviction must not be brushed aside as an optimistic illusion.
Sectarian stupidity is an obstacle that must be brushed aside.
He got brushed aside.
I noticed that my daily thoughts of death could be brushed aside.
Children can feel unimportant or brushed aside in new blended families.
Others were enraged that the parliament had been brushed aside.
Or brushed aside by a letter.
It can not just be brushed aside.
But the lead judge brushed aside the concerns without examining them further.
Ability to pay issue brushed aside.
He also brushed aside criticism that all of the leading media are under state control.
I will not be brushed aside.
The warnings of workers and specialists are sidetracked and brushed aside.
A claim so great may not be lightly brushed aside as unworthy of deep consideration.
Uncovered feces were occasionally sprayed lightly and brushed aside.
They are not real and they can be brushed aside as easily as a cobweb.
But he was no match for his older brother and was brushed aside.
It even sounded like they brushed aside some of the brambles at one point.
Nor is it a complaint to be brushed aside.
Just look at the way she brushed aside the people who got her elected.
This has been aggressively and wantonly brushed aside by.
Manfred brushed aside any concern over reports that the group is seeking more financing.
They were just brushed aside.
It is tragic because the outward differences that demand investigation are brushed aside.

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Examples of using Aside
Step aside before you hurt yourself
Let us put that aside for a minute
Aside from a serial killer being on the loose
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