The mighty Badger, his whiskers bristling, his great cudgel whistling through the air; Mole, black and grim, brandishing his stick and shouting his awful war-cry, "A Mole!
And Jerry Jones, billionaire owner of the Dallas Cowboys, created a media frenzy when he was 'outed' for brandishing a clamshell.
Employers should put down carrots and start brandishing sticks.
A well-known Chinese pop star accidentally revealed she was lip-synching instead of singing during a televised concert by brandishing her microphone the wrong way around.
There were dragons everywhere, up and down, front and back, with each dragon baring its teeth and brandishing its claws.
But before you get too excited and start brandishing labels like "freak," you should take a closer look at the numbers on shower-peeing frequency.
For a long time the Farmer, brandishing an empty sling, chased them away by the terror he inspired; but when the birds found that the sling was only swung in the air, they ceased to take any notice of it, and would not move.