brawler
Example Sentences
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Damon’s Odysseus captures all the heroic arrogance, bravery and selfish stupidity of an action-flick brawler who would shoot a giant cyclops in the eye as he’s making his escape, just because.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
For years, SoCal Twitter user @CForce3000, under the name “coldForce,” posted almost exclusively about gaming, and “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate” in particular, the same fighting game Allen played competitively as an online brawler.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 3, 2026
Opposition leader and Conservative Party head Pierre Poilievre, normally a relentless partisan brawler, has called it "well-crafted and eloquently delivered."
From Barron's ● Jan. 27, 2026
His ads cultivated an image of a legal brawler whose menacing presence on the screen could be used in a plaintiff’s favor.
From New York Times ● Mar. 16, 2024
He was no brawler, except as he felt safe, and this young frontiersman was hardly the antagonist he would choose.
From Beyond the Frontier A Romance of Early Days in the Middle West by Randall Parrish
