bruiser

Example Sentences

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The apple’s signature foamy texture means it is an easy bruiser and doesn’t store as well as other varieties.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

As urban lizards go, it’s a bruiser, with bodies up to 7 inches long.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

On that front, the tip of the spear is 7-foot bruiser Oumar Ballo, who averages 13 points and 10 rebounds a game, recording 33 putbacks this season, according to Hoop-Math.com.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 21, 2024

Yakuza 5, the most wide-ranging installment, features four other playable characters, including a bruiser who has recently escaped from prison and Kiryu’s adopted daughter, Haruka, an aspiring pop idol.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2024

If a given suspect is a knock-kneed weakling, he says, he is less likely to be the culprit than a great big bruiser with Hate tattooed on his forehead.*

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith