brutishly
Example Sentences
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When his beer arrived, he opened his mouth widely and used both hands to brutishly remove his aligners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024
The word means “drowned land” in Gaelic; back in the 14th century, a local laird known as The Wolf of Badenoch brutishly held sway over the district.
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 14, 2020
Defensive tackles David Onyemata and Sheldon Rankins are brutishly powerful and embrace dirty work, while Cameron Jordan sets an awfully mean edge.
From Reuters ● Nov. 1, 2018
If The Casual Vacancy has a theme apart from “Don’t be an unethical hypocrite wretch,” perhaps it’s the all-consuming fact of mortality, the brutishly casual vacancy that awaits us all.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2015
The air was hot with acrid odors, pungent and brutishly intoxicating.
From The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Charlotte Brewster Jordan
