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How to use brawny in a sentence

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Sister Miriam was tucked under his brawny arm, her head resting on her father's chest.
His imitation was a poor caricature of his boss's brawny presence, his hands lost in the cuffs of a shirt meant for someone broader.
Two small, brawny men slosh through an icy stream, their cheap plastic sandals slapping slick rocks.
In the center of the hole was a brawny, black-gloved arm, its fingers curled tightly into a large fist.
The oarsmen pushed their oars above the water while a brawny man dropped an anchor into the deep.
Geneva surveyed Ian stretching and noticed the slightly dampened from sweat white cotton shirt clinging to his brawny chest.
The brawny blueliner made his most significant strides by expanding his hockey sense, leadership, and physicality.
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.
What the brawny actor lacks in emotive range, he more than makes up for with an appealing, roughhewn charisma.
Picture brawny, ripped men, scantily costumed as Indian warriors, Greek gods, and Olympic athletes.
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.
By comparison, Frederick looked more like his father, strongly built and brawny.
The man facing them was taller than both by a few inches and had strong, brawny arms.
Painted in red, the brawny, no-frills vehicle with a canvas top advertises its military credentials with elan.
Winds gusting against a brawny sprinter riding a disc-wheel bike at 60 kph round a high bend are a recipe for disaster.
Under the hood there's a brawny but ultimately very civilised 2.4-litre engine, outputting 170 hp.
The massive, brawny man peered at me in bewilderment as I had managed to stop his blade, and he withdrew, smiling shadily at me.
It's as big and brawny as you would expect, a classic barbecue wine made in an inky, take-no-prisoners style.
Industrial progress in Chicago produced loud sounds, whether the thrum of machinery, the clangor of busy loading docks, or the cries of brawny laborers.
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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Examples from Classical Literature
Behind the atomics were the Kruchek drivers, twin brawny giants chained to the treadmill they pushed through the skies.
It is not to be wondered at that both Cretans and Turks were a little alarmed at the sight of these brawny, petticoated soldiers.
Cross, a great brawny Northumbrian, was playing a game of chess with Furley.
Nobody, she was quite sure, could be so big and brawny as the lumberman from Michigan.
Its end but touched the Shemite's brawny breast and was instantly withdrawn.
Do the kilt and sporran bring in brawny youngsters of five-foot nine, and thirty-nine inch round the chest?
He is no more fit for her than I to be a page, says the brawny, grizzled, Kirkcaldy of Grange.
The brawny Arab shoulders were bent and their thews tightened.
Then rising they towered, lifting brawny arms towards the stars.
One gang, of brawny Cappadocians, outclassed any but the Emperor's own.
Schomberg, a brawny, hairy Alsatian, and an awful gossip, assured me that it was all right.
They were alluring pictures, but through them all the brawny, half-naked figure of the giant Adonis of the jungle persisted in obtruding itself.
I have seen a brawny, fellow, with no lack of ordinary courage, fairly quail before this slender stripling, when in one of his curious fits.
He was a big, brawny, black Yankee with a claw foot look in his eyes.
Out of this canopy she looked up at the brawny, serious man, roguishly.
Without a word the stalwart Slav took him on his brawny shoulder.
Pikes and lances were driven with the full power of brawny arms.
This Miko was, from our Earth standards, a tremendous, brawny giant.
Standing by the bar, in the corner of the room, was a brawny, muscular man, full six feet in height, and broad in proportion.
As Meriem struggled with Malbihn, her hands pinioned to her sides by his brawny grip, hope died within her.
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