brutishly
Example Sentences
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When his beer arrived, he opened his mouth widely and used both hands to brutishly remove his aligners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024
The word means “drowned land” in Gaelic; back in the 14th century, a local laird known as The Wolf of Badenoch brutishly held sway over the district.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 14, 2020
The news site also began to take an interest in a brutishly charismatic mayor named Rodrigo Duterte.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2019
Defensive tackles David Onyemata and Sheldon Rankins are brutishly powerful and embrace dirty work, while Cameron Jordan sets an awfully mean edge.
From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2018
Anisty glanced her up and down without visible emotion, then laughed unpleasantly,—the hard and unyielding laugh of brute man brutishly impassioned.
From The Brass Bowl by Vance, Louis Joseph
