brutishness
Example Sentences
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The shtick still works though, thanks to Adkins’s singular combination of brutishness and physical grace, and thanks to the Kirby brothers’ relentless pace.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2022
Frankly the scene-stealers are Jackie Earle Haley as the massive cyborg Grewishka, who brings a lip-smacking brutishness to his character, and Ed Skrein as the cyborn bounty hunter Zapan, who is deliciously odious and vain.
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2019
If you’re his most dedicated fans, with a teenaged mixture of sorrow, denial, vulnerability, brutishness and shocking callousness.
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2018
After this, the brutishness and playfulness both vanish.
From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2018
The effect was startling, and a light of wonder crept into Keeko's eyes as she looked up into the bloated face with its beard and general air of brutishness.
From The Heart of Unaga by Cullum, Ridgwell
