brutish
Example Sentences
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But the longed-for comeuppance of the brutish earl is as much an attraction to the series as Ms. Peckham.
Set amid the world of international showjumping, it introduced her hero: Rupert Campbell-Black - a brutish cad who treats women and horses cruelly, before mellowing slightly through the influence of his second wife, Taggie O'Hara.
From BBC
But in screenwriter Noah Pink’s melodramatic imagining of incidents both well-documented and mysterious, one can see this Hollywood veteran on a mission to loosen the shackles of his reputation and have some nasty, brutish fun.
From Los Angeles Times
“There’s not much there and it’s certainly not intellectually or spiritually illuminating in any way, shape or form. They are brutish entertainers, and that’s it.”
From Los Angeles Times
He comes from a mangled life and he’s very cunning and very brutish.
From Los Angeles Times
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