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

It all adds up to a bittersweet finish, and perhaps that makes it a welcome departure from the brutishness of this year.

From Salon • Nov. 14, 2020

The films, based on Ian Fleming’s novels, focused on a British spook who was impudent and resourceful, a wizard with women and weaponry, and impeccably dressed but capable of back-alley brutishness.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2020

If you’re his most dedicated fans, with a teenaged mixture of sorrow, denial, vulnerability, brutishness and shocking callousness.

From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2018

Emmeline, I think, was quite right to cut you, after your brutishness.

From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) by O'Shea, John Augustus