bruiser

Example Sentences

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She is the ultimate bruiser, a prolific trash-talker and a notorious pest.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

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

Or Jason Statham, the comically gifted bruiser now promoted to the series’ lead, doing, well, pretty much anything?

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2023

Finn Russell must have felt like he was playing in a maze in Marseille, a bewildering series of dead ends and exits blocked by the hulking presence of one Springbok bruiser after another.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2023

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