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

It all adds up to a bittersweet finish, and perhaps that makes it a welcome departure from the brutishness of this year.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 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

After this, the brutishness and playfulness both vanish.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2018

Time had not mended Lycon’s aspect, nor taken from his eye that sinister twinkle which was so marked a foil to his brutishness.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns