Used in a Sentence

brill

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for brill.

Editorial note

Packaged deals like that are only convenient to the customer because payments are brill inconvenient.

Examples18
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of brill gathered in one view.

noun

A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

noun

A surname.

noun

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6514).

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for brill.

noun

A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

noun

A surname.

noun

A village and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, previously in Aylesbury Vale district (OS grid ref SP6514).

noun

A hamlet in Constantine parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW7229).

Example sentences

1

Packaged deals like that are only convenient to the customer because payments are brill inconvenient.

2

Steven Brill is a media critic who doesn't work for the NYT.

3

The whole Brill Building/Tin Pan Alley era, Holland-Dozier-Holland, etc.

4

One of the chapters tells the story of Steven Brill a man who, after hearing New York Cab Drivers were all dishonest, decided to look into it.

5

There was an interesting US Senate hearing with Steven Brill, the author of the Time article.

6

Brill, it's still quite fast on my work repo, and much more useful to me.

7

The scariest part of Steven Brill's article is many teachers' aversion to quality metrics that could actually measure performance and hold them accountable for their work.

8

Brill when describing the natural desire for women to smoke and was used by Edward Bernays to encourage women to smoke in public despite social taboos.

9

I believe the article you're referring to is Steven Brill's 26,000 word opus "Bitter Pill - Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us", which appeared in the U.

10

> “Consumers can’t manage this process by themselves,” Brill said.

11

Wikipedia cites Brill's New Pauly, which I found a copy of online, and that in turn just cites a German article from the early 20th century.

12

"What I want from NYT is an article which really examines the situation, and not just sensationalizing numbers." Steven Brill, in Time, wrote an excellent article on just that topic.

Quote examples

1

I believe the article you're referring to is Steven Brill's 26,000 word opus "Bitter Pill - Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us", which appeared in the U.

2

> “Consumers can’t manage this process by themselves,” Brill said.

3

"What I want from NYT is an article which really examines the situation, and not just sensationalizing numbers." Steven Brill, in Time, wrote an excellent article on just that topic.

Proper noun examples

1

There was an interesting US Senate hearing with Steven Brill, the author of the Time article.

2

Brill, it's still quite fast on my work repo, and much more useful to me.

3

The scariest part of Steven Brill's article is many teachers' aversion to quality metrics that could actually measure performance and hold them accountable for their work.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use brill in a sentence?

Packaged deals like that are only convenient to the customer because payments are brill inconvenient.

What does brill mean?

A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

What part of speech is brill?

brill is commonly used as noun.