strongman

Example Sentences

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Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the Crisis Group, a conflict-resolution organization, said that for all Ghalibaf’s strongman bravado, he has skirted political risks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

In fact he is the opposite — a domineering strongman who seeks to bully everyone around him into compliance.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Mr. Hanif has struggled to rebottle the lightning of his brilliant 2008 satire, “A Case of Exploding Mangoes,” about the mysterious death of the Pakistani strongman Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

Ishchenko from Kyiv was a four-time strongman champion and former Ukrainian powerlifting champion.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

She couldn’t see Papa, but Mama was feverishly digging, flinging big bags around like she was a strongman.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata