As I turned, the trapper had forced his adversary against the parapet, and with his long, muscular arm was bending him over its edge. In the other hand, uplifted, he brandished his knife!
Au moment où je me retournais, le trappeur avait acculé son adversaire contre le parapet et de son bras long et musculeux il le forçait à se pencher par-dessus le bord; de l'autre main, il brandissait son couteau.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
While he spoke he brandished a bundle of papers in his clenched fist, and it seemed every now and then as though he were going to throw it at the heads of M. Kahn and Du Poizat, who watched his sudden outburst of excitement with uneasy anxiety.
Dans son poing fermé, il agitait un dossier, qu'il semblait près de jeter à la tête de M. Kahn et de Du Poizat, inquiets et gênés devant ce brusque accès de fureur.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
He shouted and brandished trivialities ; and his only real oratorical gift was his immense, inexhaustible fund ot breath, which enabled him to pour forth magniloquent sentences for hours together, careless of what they might contain.
Il tonnait, il brandissait des mots bêtes. Sa seule supériorité d'orateur était son haleine, une haleine immense, infatigable, berçant les périodes, coulant magnifiquement pendant des heures, sans se soucier de ce qu'elle charriait.
Zola, Emile / His ExcellencyZola, Emile / Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Son Excellence Eugene Rougon
Zola, Emile
His Excellency
Zola, Emile
He brandished his palette and brushes aloft, in his clenched fists.
Il brandissait en l’air sa palette et ses brosses, dans ses deux poings fermés.
Zola, Emile / His MasterpieceZola, Emile / L'Oeuvre
L'Oeuvre
Zola, Emile
His Masterpiece
Zola, Emile
The signal was again given for the Indians to be ready, and they were soon in their places, brandishing their long clubs, and impatiently waiting for me to make the start.
Le signal de se tenir prêt fut donné aux Indiens. Ils reprirent leurs places, brandissant leurs massues, et impatients de me voir partir.
Reid, Mayne / The Scalp HuntersReid, Mayne / Les chausseurs de chevelures
La Teuse, after overwhelming him with questions, broke out into indignant exclamations, while Brother Archangias clenched his fists and brandished them aloft.
La Teuse, qui l'accablait de questions, poussait des exclamations indignées. Frère Archangias serra les poings, les brandit en avant.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Sainfoin reared its long fine filaments; clover unfurled its clear green leaves, plantains brandished forests of spears, lucerne spread out in soft beds of green satin broidered with purple flowers.
Le sainfoin dressait ses longs cheveux grêles, le trèfle découpait ses feuilles nettes, le plantain brandissait des forêts de lances, la luzerne faisait des couches molles, des édredons de satin vert d'eau broché de fleurs violâtres.
Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret's TransgressionZola, Emile / La Faute de l'Abbe Mouret
Going to the window, he was struck with astonishment at seeing a great fire burning in the Mourets' garden, while a shadowy form, which he did not at first recognise, danced about in the midst of the smoke, brandishing a blazing vine-branch.
S'étant s'approche de la fenêtre, il était resté très-surpris en voyant un grand feu brûler dans le jardin des Mouret, tandis qu'une ombre, qu'il ne reconnut pas d'abord, dansait au milieu de la fumée en brandissant un sarment allumé.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
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brandish
verb
Basic forms
Past
brandished
Imperative
brandish
Present Participle (Participle I)
brandishing
Past Participle (Participle II)
brandished
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I brandish
we brandish
you brandish
you brandish
he/she/it brandishes
they brandish
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am brandishing
we are brandishing
you are brandishing
you are brandishing
he/she/it is brandishing
they are brandishing
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have brandished
we have brandished
you have brandished
you have brandished
he/she/it has brandished
they have brandished
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been brandishing
we have been brandishing
you have been brandishing
you have been brandishing
he/she/it has been brandishing
they have been brandishing
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I brandished
we brandished
you brandished
you brandished
he/she/it brandished
they brandished
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was brandishing
we were brandishing
you were brandishing
you were brandishing
he/she/it was brandishing
they were brandishing
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had brandished
we had brandished
you had brandished
you had brandished
he/she/it had brandished
they had brandished
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been brandishing
we had been brandishing
you had been brandishing
you had been brandishing
he/she/it had been brandishing
they had been brandishing
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will brandish
we shall/will brandish
you will brandish
you will brandish
he/she/it will brandish
they will brandish
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be brandishing
we shall/will be brandishing
you will be brandishing
you will be brandishing
he/she/it will be brandishing
they will be brandishing
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have brandished
we shall/will have brandished
you will have brandished
you will have brandished
he/she/it will have brandished
they will have brandished
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been brandishing
we shall/will have been brandishing
you will have been brandishing
you will have been brandishing
he/she/it will have been brandishing
they will have been brandishing
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would brandish
we should/would brandish
you would brandish
you would brandish
he/she/it would brandish
they would brandish
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be brandishing
we should/would be brandishing
you would be brandishing
you would be brandishing
he/she/it would be brandishing
they would be brandishing
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have brandished
we should/would have brandished
you would have brandished
you would have brandished
he/she/it would have brandished
they would have brandished
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice