brute

Example Sentences

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John Shaw, Magnus’s deputy, is a brute and a bully; Abel Walker, Magnus’s nephew, is a young innocent; Tom Hearn is a sailor who trained as a cleric and speaks the indigenous languages.

From The Wall Street Journal

Previously understood as a notorious brute even by 19th-century standards, Heathcliff now exhibits signs of having earned perfect grades in today’s campus training modules.

From The Wall Street Journal

The brute financial force of all that wealth means market fluctuations, like last week’s, matter more for consumer spending.

From The Wall Street Journal

He was the only one toward whom the brute displayed any modicum of trust.

From Literature

Through Spear’s resurrection, “Primal” is quietly delivering a zombie drama that’s strangely life-affirming, led by a tenderhearted brute who is sensitive to the other voiceless, helpless beings around him.

From Salon