Bunyanesque

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Mair, Foster Bodorff and three other local tree cognoscenti formed a semicircle around Van Pelt’s Paul Bunyanesque figure, with a bushy beard once bright red turned white.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2023

It’s a Bunyanesque tale, except for the fact that it’s true.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023

There have been others, several in fact, since Daly emerged with his Paul Bunyanesque victory at the 1991 PGA Championship at Crooked Stick.

From Golf Digest • May 2, 2016

It’s a difficult claim to either believe or disprove, but in any case Powell, who died on Monday in San Diego at 82, was the sort of athlete about whom Bunyanesque mythology was reasonably applied.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2014

Gunther's book is clearly the model for Neal Peirce and Jerry Hagstrom's Bunyanesque effort to package the long-and shortcomings of each state in one readable volume.

From Time Magazine Archive