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 • Feb. 13, 2026
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 • Feb. 1, 2026
South Africa have long relied on fast bowlers of rare quality, but this attack has evolved beyond brute force.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
And by the sheer brute force of its size, bond markets force both the subjects of its wrath, and the investors that rely on them, into submission.
From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025
The very substantial financial investment involved in backing and launching an insecticide may be swept away as the insects prove once more that the effective approach to nature is not through brute force.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing brute
My Brother Sam is Dead
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
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Lyrical Vocabulary, Volume I
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