How To Use Brawny In A Sentence
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It is smooth reading, and is attributed to Bertrand de Born, [3] who lived in the time when even the lion-hearted King Richard turned his brawny fingers to the luting of a song.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863
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Without the advances in anaesthetics, brawny assistants would still be holding patients down while surgeons attacked with scalpels and saws and the patient lay there screaming.
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But the brawny, not yet furibund Figure, we say, is Jacques Danton; a name that shall be 'tolerably known in the
The French Revolution
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“Name her not — and for an instant think not of her,” said the King, again straining the curtal-axe in his gripe, until the muscles started above his brawny arm, like cordage formed by the ivy around the limb of an oak.
The Talisman
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Without the advances in anaesthetics, brawny assistants would still be holding patients down while surgeons attacked with scalpels and saws and the patient lay there screaming.
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A brawny warrior is just fine in the heavy plate armor with a big bag of loot over his shoulder while a slender mage will be more concerned with the lighter pieces of treasure.
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The son of a former major leaguer is brawny and powerful and has great hitting mechanics as taught by his father Jeff Burroughs, a former batting champion and AL
Analyzing '98 amateur draft prospects
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Well, old alligator, what's the time o 'day?" asked another man, bringing down a brawny paw, with a resounding thump, upon the Herculean shoulders of the first querist, thereby giving me the information that in the West _alligator_ is a designation of the _genus homo_; in fact, that it is customary for a man to address his fellow-man as "old alligator," instead of "old fellow.
The Englishwoman in America
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The point of low fantasy is to watch clean-limbed fighting men from Virginia clash flashing blades against surly yet brawny barbarians from Cimmeria during the last days of Rome on Mars or something, and maybe rescue a half-naked space princess from eldritch evil priests, eldritch chthonic demons, eldritch undead, eldritch pirates, eldritch highwaymen, eldritch encyclopedia salesmen of darkness.
MIND MELD: Gods by the Bushel
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Despite the constant messages we all get that women like brawny, beetling browed men covered in muscles, most women can tell you that the musclebound weightlifter isn't their style.
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He was a big brawny man with huge hands.
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Avery looked to see a brawny, muscular man walking their way.
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Brash, brawny but capable of a hushed delicacy, the duo's music owes as much to the psychedelic improvs of the US ‘jam band’ movement as to any notions of ‘jazz’ (um, whatever that is).
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I turned and saw a brawny figure in a reefing-jacket and "sou'-wester.
The Lady of the Ice A Novel
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Unless he watched his step, the brawny man could fall into the channel and drown, only to wash up in a distant place hours - days - later.
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I love this guy, and his pack of brawny Italians, to bits and pieces.
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They learned how to roll cheese from a team of brawny factory workers who made fun of the tiny women even as they insisted on perfection.
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I admire the brawny bravado of the pretence, but I'm not convinced.
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Geneva surveyed Ian stretching and noticed the slightly dampened from sweat white cotton shirt clinging to his brawny chest.
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Sister Miriam was tucked under his brawny arm, her head resting on her father's chest.
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Without the advances in anaesthetics, brawny assistants would still be holding patients down while surgeons attacked with scalpels and saws and the patient lay there screaming.
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Here balances tend to be off kilter in a few places: listen, for example, to the brawny horn intrude on the lovely alternate theme in the first movement.
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It tastes beefy in every respect: fleshy, brawny and intense.
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What the brawny actor lacks in emotive range, he more than makes up for with an appealing, roughhewn charisma.
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He was around about 40 (though maybe younger and just ravaged by alcohol) and rather brawny and scary.
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Aye, aye, bo, right you were," answered the brawny foretopman as he knocked in the head of another hogshead.
The Penang Pirate and, The Lost Pinnace
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Physical examination was positive for edema in the lower extremities and multiple violaceous cutaneous ulcers surrounded by tender brawny erythema.
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Two small, brawny men slosh through an icy stream, their cheap plastic sandals slapping slick rocks.
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Under the hood there's a brawny but ultimately very civilised 2.4-litre engine, outputting 170 hp.
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Brawny fighters, all cased in buff and iron, their hearts too sheathed in oak and triple brass, caprioled their huge war-horses, shook their death-doing spears; and went forth in the most determined manner, nothing doubting.
Paras. 25-49
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They pictured Soviet women as hammer-throwers, brawny six-footers who work in brick factories.
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I reminisce for a fleeting moment about breezy Saturday nights, meaningful movies, black cozy couches and the comfort of a brawny shoulder to rest on.
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The big banyan overgrow of my day of day of a block limb, hang below brawny and strong limb full each golden orange.
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Going brawny seems to be the best and easiest way.
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From his disappearing face in shadow deep below his sinewed neck, from his brawny football shoulders down his curling back and curving hips, from his wide, long thighs to his narrow, exquisite ankles, Stevie turned.
The Best American Erotica 2006
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Picture brawny, ripped men, scantily costumed as Indian warriors, Greek gods, and Olympic athletes.
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No. He married a nymph named Tandy, and she married a brassie man named Brawnye.
Roc and a Hard Place
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But, with a deep-throated shout, the mantlet was pushed to the wall, and a heavy, iron-tipped boom, thrust through an aperture in the center of the shield, began to thunder on the gate, driven by arms knotted with brawny muscles and backed with blood-thirsty fury.
The Conquering Sword of Conan
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Industrial progress in Chicago produced loud sounds, whether the thrum of machinery, the clangor of busy loading docks, or the cries of brawny laborers.
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The man facing them was taller than both by a few inches, and had strong, brawny arms.
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Thirty axemen raced down toward the beach, brawny men in sleeveless tunics, their axes gleaming in the sun.
The Conquering Sword of Conan
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I warn you, though, I had a young Greek last year as playfellow, very brawny and bronzed…
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The smith is a brawny native Maltese, with a form a Hercules might envy.
Miss Caprice
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The rogues come out carrying motorcycle chains to beat up biggs, but biggs transforms into a pale, brawny, red-eyed, enraged and furry version of himself, kills the rogues with aggression and runs away. milo manages to escape from the scene but faints due to fatigue.
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Its sweetness is an ideal foil to brawny meats such as oxtail, boar, venison and beef.
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The sun was pouring into the courtyard and his brawny arms glistened with sweat.
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Painted in red, the brawny, no-frills vehicle with a canvas top advertises its military credentials with elan.
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But watch again and something happens: you see a moment both sweet and wry as a couple shyly osculate in "The Kiss," a quiet dignity beneath the brawny bravado in "Sandow: The Strong Man.
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The brawny blueliner made his most significant strides by expanding his hockey sense, leadership, and physicality.
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The massive, brawny man peered at me in bewilderment as I had managed to stop his blade, and he withdrew, smiling shadily at me.
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They pictured Soviet women as hammer-throwers, brawny six-footers who work in brick factories.
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In the center of the hole was a brawny, black-gloved arm, its fingers curled tightly into a large fist.
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“The original ripsnorter,” said the frontiersman, crossing his arms over his brawny chest.
Nevermore
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I reminisce for a fleeting moment about breezy Saturday nights, meaningful movies, black cozy couches and the comfort of a brawny shoulder to rest on.
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Industrial progress in Chicago produced loud sounds, whether the thrum of machinery, the clangor of busy loading docks, or the cries of brawny laborers.
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In the brawny parlance of the great unwashed: a crunch match.
THE CALLIGRAPHER
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I reminisce for a fleeting moment about breezy Saturday nights, black couches and a brawny shoulder
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The arm is brawny enough for a man, but the nails are very long, like a woman's.
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The first to reach the crag was a brawny brave whose eagle feather was stained scarlet as a token of chieftainship.
The Conquering Sword of Conan
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One is hastily procured, and the first captain -- a great, brawny, good-natured fellow, who has spent years at sea -- deftly fastens the bight of the rope to the handle of the breechblock.
A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee"
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His brawny arms glistened with sweat.
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In fact, it is a surefire way to ask for trouble, especially if you are not a brawny entity with plenty of legal and monetary clout to back you all the way.
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I'm talking the original, manly, 70's Brawny man, with the bitchin 'moustache, not this lame Bruce Campbell wannabe that beat me up in middle school for playing magic cards.
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A tiny girl outdid them all by improvising a skirt from her brawny boyfriend's wind-cheater, with the collar zipped smugly round her waist and the sleeves turned inwards, the cuffs dangling well below the hemline!
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The two we select are brawny with fresh fruit and flavour.
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Two strong, brawny arms reached down and went under the vampire's back.
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The oarsmen pushed their oars above the water while a brawny man dropped an anchor into the deep.
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Winds gusting against a brawny sprinter riding a disc-wheel bike at 60 kph round a high bend are a recipe for disaster.
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A gaggle of brawny bikers revs their choppers out front.
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It tastes beefy in every respect: fleshy, brawny and intense.
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New lad this, brawny enough but young and without that air of menace as hung about the chucker-out as used to be here.
City of Glory
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The man facing them was taller than both by a few inches, and had strong, brawny arms.
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It's as big and brawny as you would expect, a classic barbecue wine made in an inky, take-no-prisoners style.
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By comparison, Frederick looked more like his father, strongly built and brawny.
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He raised another eyebrow when he saw his uncle sling his brawny arms around the slender human's shoulders to pull her close to his side.
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Sure, they are redoubtable opponents, but brawny, one-dimensional teams deficient in natural ability will not seriously challenge the world's best.
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Kara stared aghast as the brawny Maggie Finch, with a florid complexion like red brick and forearms like a butcher's, rolled up her sleeves and went to meet the threat of the two men in black Greek fisherman's garb.