brute

Example Sentences

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In high school, Raymond could afford to get by with brute force.

From Los Angeles Times

However, with rain forecast for Melbourne on Saturday, Monye said brute power may be more important that intricate patterns of play.

From BBC

Presenting “The Americana Revolution” feels timely – urgent, even – owing to this administration’s brute force efforts to revise America’s history and laws in ways that would have made the nation’s founders recoil.

From Salon

Except from behind the windshield, where he views the world as teeming with schemers and brutes, acting on all manner of Machiavellian impulses.

From Los Angeles Times

McMaster claimed he never used brute force and had not intended to harm Jamie, who was aged between nine and 13 during the period of abuse.

From BBC