brute
Example Sentences
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The brute financial force of all that wealth means market fluctuations, like last week’s, matter more for consumer spending.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026
Through Spear’s resurrection, “Primal” is quietly delivering a zombie drama that’s strangely life-affirming, led by a tenderhearted brute who is sensitive to the other voiceless, helpless beings around him.
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2026
South Africa have long relied on fast bowlers of rare quality, but this attack has evolved beyond brute force.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
And by the sheer brute force of its size, bond markets force both the subjects of its wrath, and the investors that rely on them, into submission.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
And always it casts the person using it into a category of brute ignorance.
From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.