brawler

Example Sentences

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Opposition leader and Conservative Party head Pierre Poilievre, normally a relentless partisan brawler, has called it "well-crafted and eloquently delivered."

From Barron's • Jan. 27, 2026

He has been labelled as a brawler throughout his career but proved he has a lot more to offer in sealing this win.

From BBC • Nov. 15, 2025

That stifled voice might find comfort in watching Ritchson’s brawler get his bell rung and refuse to back down from the inevitable conflict that might break him.

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2025

His ads cultivated an image of a legal brawler whose menacing presence on the screen could be used in a plaintiff’s favor.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2024

Whatever Pál Gregorics did was wrong; if he quarrelled with some one and would not give in, they said he was a brawler; and if he gave in, he was a coward.

From St. Peter's Umbrella by Mikszáth, Kálmán