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  • noun Preterit and past participle of bring.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of bring.

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Examples

  • These brought the news while it was yet night; and, thirdly, the scouts running down from the heights as soon as day dawned, _brought the same intelligence_.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

  • Thus the Italian menu another term brought in from across the Alps is yet more testimony to Gallic gastronomic power.

    Delizia! John Dickie 2008

  • Jake repeating my name brought me out of my stupor.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • Jake repeating my name brought me out of my stupor.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • Just saying his name brought sadness that filled the air between us.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • Could he overcome destructive chatter his name brought after a year of being a tabloid punch line?

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

  • Just saying his name brought sadness that filled the air between us.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • Just saying his name brought sadness that filled the air between us.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • Jake repeating my name brought me out of my stupor.

    Mercy Kill Lori Armstrong 2011

  • Could he overcome destructive chatter his name brought after a year of being a tabloid punch line?

    One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011

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  • I brought the candles

    Of wax and bees’ wings

    They’re not pure, Mother

    But they can burn all night

    I brought the song

    It’s not clear, Mother

    But it has the right birds

    To follow the days as they fall

    Between my time and yours.

    - Ana Paula Tavares, 'I brought flowers . . .', translated from the Portuguese by Richard Zenith.

    November 10, 2008