bruiser
Example Sentences
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She is the ultimate bruiser, a prolific trash-talker and a notorious pest.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Don’t look now, but a Lincoln Riley team just beat the snot out of a Big Ten bruiser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2025
"I've heard a lot about him," replied the Bok bruiser.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2025
Mr. Prescott also had a reputation as a pugnacious political bruiser.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
He’d been pivoting on his right leg when Burt Wesson, a bruiser on the Washington Bullets, slammed into him.
From "Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel" by Harlan Coben
