brawnier; brawniest
Examples of brawny in a Sentence
the store manager always asked the brawniest person there to do the heavy lifting
brawny arms that weren't developed in the gym but by years of work in the construction business
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There’s a steak on offer, a brawny New York strip, cooked to a perfect medium rare but presented, for some reason, next to a pile of vinegary sautéed red bell peppers, and a saucier of funky, fishy crawfish béarnaise.
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
There are machines with brawny German beer maids, flawless Chinese geishas, Manchu emperors on golden buffalo.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
Their warm and wet climates couldn’t produce the brawny horses needed for their cavalries.
—David Chaffetz, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2024
This build arrived in California courtesy of Osprey Custom Cars, which used the shorter Defender 110’s wheelbase to create a truck with almost cartoonish proportions, something big and brawny but simultaneously cute with the small truck bed.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
There are machines with brawny German beer maids, flawless Chinese geishas, Manchu emperors on golden buffalo.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
Their warm and wet climates couldn’t produce the brawny horses needed for their cavalries.
—David Chaffetz, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2024
This build arrived in California courtesy of Osprey Custom Cars, which used the shorter Defender 110’s wheelbase to create a truck with almost cartoonish proportions, something big and brawny but simultaneously cute with the small truck bed.
—Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Brawny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brawny. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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