brutish
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Their pack is still brutish, highlighted by a punishing takedown of rivals Northampton Saints last month.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
In both movies, Mr. Duvall is somehow funny and brutish at the same time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
But in screenwriter Noah Pink’s melodramatic imagining of incidents both well-documented and mysterious, one can see this Hollywood veteran on a mission to loosen the shackles of his reputation and have some nasty, brutish fun.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2025
Sean Duffy is fighting an American air travel future that is nasty, brutish, and severely delayed.
From Slate • May 16, 2025
The men were brutish, but the spirits that flitted about them were far worse.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
Vocabulary lists containing brutish
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