Examples of bruiser in a Sentence
That boy is going to be a bruiser when he grows up!
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Bay Area bands like Operation Ivy and Metallica pepper the super-cool soundtrack, and the real Floyd and Too Short, plus former NFL bruiser Marshawn Lynch, have cameos.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
The third linebacker was downhill bruiser Elandon Roberts, who is a free agent.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Here, the compact yet powerful bruiser’s professional training and quick thinking give him the advantage over bigger and better-armed adversaries, turning anything, from a bucket of nails to a stray sledgehammer, into a deadly weapon.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
The highly skilled yet hard-nosed Condon and 6-foot-11, 255-pound bruiser Rueben Chinyelu get first crack, with the 6-9, 215-pound high-energy Haugh usually up next, followed by towering 7-1, 255-pound Micah Handlogten.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2025
The third linebacker was downhill bruiser Elandon Roberts, who is a free agent.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Here, the compact yet powerful bruiser’s professional training and quick thinking give him the advantage over bigger and better-armed adversaries, turning anything, from a bucket of nails to a stray sledgehammer, into a deadly weapon.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Mar. 2025
The highly skilled yet hard-nosed Condon and 6-foot-11, 255-pound bruiser Rueben Chinyelu get first crack, with the 6-9, 215-pound high-energy Haugh usually up next, followed by towering 7-1, 255-pound Micah Handlogten.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Bruiser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bruiser. Accessed 8 May. 2025.
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bruiser
noun
bruis·er
ˈbrü-zər 
: a big husky person
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