brawny

Example Sentences

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Compared to the world-class athletes and physical specimens who catch footballs for a living, the Seattle wideout isn’t especially brawny, tall, or speedy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Key details: Consumer spending, the chief engine of the economy, grew at a brawny 3.5% rate in third quarter.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025

Fortune does not favor the brawny, or people armed to the teeth, or one sex over another.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2025

For him, performing his music is its own reward — one reason he sings at close to full power, his voice brawny yet lithe, as his live band test-runs a few tunes behind him.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2024

Nat remembered all the brawny swaggering seamen who had crowded the chandlery.

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham