brutish
Example Sentences
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“It could make life less nasty, less brutish, and less short—and less hard.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 15, 2025
While she deftly fends off his brutish attempts to express his attraction—Anna’s past has made her wary of men and skilled at putting them in their place—Anna nevertheless feels drawn to this forceful man.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 14, 2025
He quotes the philosopher Thomas Hobbes that our lives have been “nasty, brutish and short.”
From Slate • Jul. 28, 2025
He comes from a mangled life and he’s very cunning and very brutish.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025
The men were brutish, but the spirits that flitted about them were far worse.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
