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
The films, based on Ian Fleming’s novels, focused on a British spook who was impudent and resourceful, a wizard with women and weaponry, and impeccably dressed but capable of back-alley brutishness.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2020
John later confessed to being embarrassed by the lyrics' brutishness, but there's no denying the beastly honesty inherent in the boorish speaker's wrath.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2020
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
"The soul does not die," said the reporter; "and it would be a great satisfaction to rescue one of God's creatures from brutishness."
From Abandoned by Verne, Jules
