brutish
Example Sentences
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In Hobbesian terms, life in a Fincher film tends to be solitary and poor, nasty and brutish, if not necessarily short.
From New York Times
"It's a kind of brutish attempt at harassment… as if my wife did not have enough to worry about," he added.
From BBC
Amid intense economic pressures and yawning generational, political and cultural divides, life at the apex of the newspaper hierarchy can be nasty, brutish and short.
From Los Angeles Times
Where would we be without science — living short brutish lives in caves?
From Salon
"That tragic and brutish fixation has already brought shame to Russia and exposed its weaknesses," Mr Burns said.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
