brutishly
Example Sentences
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When his beer arrived, he opened his mouth widely and used both hands to brutishly remove his aligners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024
There’s much about his brutishly short life thus far that I don’t care to evaluate.
From Slate ● Nov. 7, 2020
The word means “drowned land” in Gaelic; back in the 14th century, a local laird known as The Wolf of Badenoch brutishly held sway over the district.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 14, 2020
Defensive tackles David Onyemata and Sheldon Rankins are brutishly powerful and embrace dirty work, while Cameron Jordan sets an awfully mean edge.
From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2018
Worse and worse, then: Alan must have fallen where he sat, and now sprawled brutishly, no doubt, upon the dining-room floor.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 10 (of 25) by Robert Louis Stevenson
