brawn

Example Sentences

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“At this stage in life, using my brain instead of brawn is a better fit for me,” says Miner.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 13, 2025

He’s just a schoolyard bully with less brawn and brain than he thinks, but excels at survival.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2025

The two loose-forwards, in Wigan's Kaide Ellis and the Robins' Elliot Minchella, epitomise the mix of brains and brawn required in modern rugby league.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2024

She appreciates his brain but would like more brawn.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2024

Though all distances required enormous amounts of brawn, the two-thousand-meter race required lightning-quick thinking as well.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown