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

Garcia’s rapid rise in Congress shows he’s not just a brawler, but one with finesse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 7, 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

Had this selfish, savage, and literally red-handed frontier brawler been moved by some dumb instinct of the power of gentleness to understand his daughter’s needs better than he?”

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs