brutishness

Example Sentences

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The shtick still works though, thanks to Adkins’s singular combination of brutishness and physical grace, and thanks to the Kirby brothers’ relentless pace.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2022

John later confessed to being embarrassed by the lyrics’ brutishness, but there’s no denying the beastly honesty inherent in the boorish speaker’s wrath.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2020

And we rely on your incredible support to help the Guardian steer a course between facts and lies, civility and brutishness, rhetoric and reason, and science and ignorance.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2019

After this, the brutishness and playfulness both vanish.

From Washington Post • Apr. 13, 2018

Many in their brutishness refuse to exert themselves save to find the food absolutely necessary to support life, and are too sluggish to be curious.

From Mary Wollstonecraft by Pennell, Elizabeth Robins