Examples of bruiser in a Sentence
That boy is going to be a bruiser when he grows up!
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Yahoo! Sports’ Kevin O’Connor had a different Boston comp: ex-C’s bruiser Jae Crowder.
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Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
At his best, Towns shoots like an archer, drives to the hoop like a rugby bruiser, and glides on his pivot foot, one smooth semicircle after another, like a grade-school protractor with its point puncturing the paper.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
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A classic everyman bruiser, Kingston spent nearly two decades on the independent scene before making his AEW debut on July 22, 2020.
—Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Hampton has been mocked frequently to the Broncos, a 221-pound bruiser who has legitimate three-down potential and profiles somewhat similarly to old Payton favorite Mark Ingram.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
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Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
At his best, Towns shoots like an archer, drives to the hoop like a rugby bruiser, and glides on his pivot foot, one smooth semicircle after another, like a grade-school protractor with its point puncturing the paper.
—Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 2 June 2025
More Pro Wrestling: Former WWE Talent Comes Out Of Retirement For One Night
A classic everyman bruiser, Kingston spent nearly two decades on the independent scene before making his AEW debut on July 22, 2020.
—Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Hampton has been mocked frequently to the Broncos, a 221-pound bruiser who has legitimate three-down potential and profiles somewhat similarly to old Payton favorite Mark Ingram.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2025
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“Bruiser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bruiser. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.
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bruiser
noun
bruis·er
ˈbrü-zər 
: a big husky person
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