brawnier

Example Sentences

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An unassuming, enlightened type, he has been dragooned into choosing a bride only because his brawnier and better-loved brother, Prince Charming, is presumed dead after disappearing at war.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2023

Jackson is a sturdy defender when matched up against some of the Pac-12’s brawnier big men, and he makes good use of conventional post moves to provide the occasional scoring spark.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 21, 2022

The truth is, however, that the auto industry is addicted to sales of big, heavy gas-fueled SUVs and pickups, which are only becoming brawnier with every model year.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2020

This body type even pressed its way into our children’s bedrooms: studies show that action figures have become brawnier over the past 25 years.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2019

Anne's husband, Henry Ransome, seemed, so far as very brief observation enabled me to judge, quite a different person from his much younger, as well as much bigger and brawnier associate.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 431 Volume 17, New Series, April 3, 1852 by Chambers, William