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

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

Brennan and Dale are brutishly inarticulate, constantly grasping at expression and failing.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2016

One of her legs was quite crooked, from her having sat with them crossed; she grunted like a hog; and her actions were "brutishly unseemly in human dress."

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 by Various