brawnier

Example Sentences

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Jackson is a sturdy defender when matched up against some of the Pac-12’s brawnier big men, and he makes good use of conventional post moves to provide the occasional scoring spark.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2022

The truth is, however, that the auto industry is addicted to sales of big, heavy gas-fueled SUVs and pickups, which are only becoming brawnier with every model year.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2020

But here in the real world, I’m meeting the reedy, 6-foot-4 Child — actual name, James Dover Grant — and not his brawnier, inch-taller hero.

From New York Times • Oct. 23, 2019

This body type even pressed its way into our children’s bedrooms: studies show that action figures have become brawnier over the past 25 years.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2019

I couldn’t help thinking that I never saw brawnier, wirier men than those young farmers who met Earl P— at his political meeting.

From The Cruise of the Land-Yacht "Wanderer" Thirteen Hundred Miles in my Caravan by Stables, Gordon