brutish
Example Sentences
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Afghanistan, the graveyard of the reputations of many of today’s most senior U.S. military leaders, signals the world’s accelerating descent into a Hobbesian state of nature, where life is “nasty, brutish, and short.”
From Washington Post
The data release offers states the first chance to redraw their political districts in a process that is expected to be particularly brutish since control over Congress and statehouses is at stake.
From Seattle Times
The male characters are strikingly fragile or brutish, and Abbott uses ballet itself, that “misty pink hothouse,” to dramatize how women can both harm and glorify themselves through sex.
From Washington Post
When brutish wranglers horse-nap members of Spirit’s herd, our heroine is joined by her intrepid gal pals on a perilous obstacle course-like rescue mission through the outback.
From New York Times
There is only one thing that makes thoroughbred racing a meaningful exercise, as opposed to a brutish amusement, and that is the right relationship between handlers and their horses.
From Washington Post
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