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

Mr. Lagerfeld, now in his 70s, cuts a Bunyanesque figure in fashion.

From New York Times • Dec. 14, 2013

And its Paul Bunyanesque stride is suitable to Peter B. Kyne's famed tale of lumberjacking and land grabbing in California's redwood forests.

From Time Magazine Archive