How to Use brute in a Sentence

brute

1 of 2 adjective

• They used brute force to open the door.
• The key is the ability to brute-force the PIN that encrypts the data.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 24 May 2022
• In a sport known for brute strength, Allen is legendary.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
• If Delta is the brute-force Hulk variant, think of Omicron as the Flash—masked and wicked fast.
  — Megan Scudellari, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2022
• May it never be eroded by the brute force of an arm wielding a knife.
  — Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022
• If that happens, put the bottle on the floor between your feet and pull straight up with brute force.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 6 Dec. 2021
• The only way to get some of those rare elements is to just brute force your way through it.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
• The 4090 also mostly tests well as a brute-force option for VR.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 Oct. 2022
• Brute Force The result is a brute force proof that perfect play by both players leads to a draw.
  — Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023
• Hundreds have taken to the streets, protesting the regime, only to be met by the brute force of rifle butts and sticks.
  — New York Times, 14 Sep. 2021
• Rogério will reveal himself to be the result of a brute creation but will be the victim of a tragedy.
  — Holly Jones, Variety, 18 Oct. 2023
• Trump, of course, has long revelled in threats of brute force, both veiled and explicit.
  — Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2022
• There are some goal scorers who thrive through brute force and muscling their way through when there is no space at all.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 20 Nov. 2022
• Amid such brute lethality, what chance did the sisters have?
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
• An end to the protests is more likely to come through the use of brute force than concessions, say analysts.
  — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 26 Sep. 2022
• In other words, a vehicle has to have some brute strength under the hood to conquer it.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2021
• No one would give berserker brute Kratos from the God of War video games a father of the year award... except for maybe these celebrities.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2022
• The venue teemed with brute, physical works by the likes of Warhol, Basquiat, de Kooning and Picasso.
  — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2021
• But this year, McMillian promises to display more than just brute strength.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023
• The brute force of binary code is minimized, and so is the power consumption and the heat.
  — Charles Platt, WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
• But fire and brute force wouldn't be enough to defeat the Hightowers and other Targaryens.
  — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 10 Oct. 2022
• At the end of Ragnarok Season One, the head of the wealthy family mentioned above is using his brute strength to choke Magne to death.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 21 July 2022
• The Iranian government has cracked down on these protests with brute force.
  — Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani, The New Republic, 20 Dec. 2022
• The new-look Alabama men’s basketball team passed its first test with brute force.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 7 Nov. 2022
• As such, fans will be treated to a show of finesse and maneuvering rather than brute-force speed.
  — Luca Evans, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2022
• The Sox hitters didn’t get to McClanahan with brute force, but more so with quality at-bats.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2021
• All that many people could initially see was the brute randomness of death.
  — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2021
• In what effectively amounted to a coup d’état, Hamas seized control of Gaza with brute force.
  — Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
• But climate change means that these brute-force methods that have worked for centuries won't always cut it.
  — Mick Krever, CNN, 5 Nov. 2021
• Take an intellectual approach to change instead of letting brute force lead the way.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024

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brute

2 of 2 noun

• Let go of me, you brute!
• The world has known for 20 years that Putin is a brute.
  — Matthew Continetti, National Review, 26 Mar. 2022
• The arrow double-lunged the brute, and even nicked the heart.
  — Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 16 Nov. 2020
• The white men, the decent ones as much as the brutes, have the answers, the power, the agency.
  — A. O. Scott, New York Times, 26 July 2017
• The brute then calmly takes her purse and saunters back up the stairs.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 25 Feb. 2022
• Trevor was a scientist and Cole was the brute strength guy.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 24 May 2018
• Though the case was a slam dunk, a corrupt judge had let the brutes off with no jail time.
  — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 5 Aug. 2023
• But still, Wenger stands out in front, arms out, ready to take the full brute of the stones cast towards his team.
  — SI.com, 25 Oct. 2017
• But for weeks, he was painted as a brute and a thug in the trial of the three White men who killed him.
  — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 25 Nov. 2021
• Some shacks pushed scrawny birds, others served brawny brutes.
  — Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 8 Feb. 2018
• Hobbs, of course, manages to keep the chopper from flying off with his sheer, brute strength.
  — Travis M. Andrews, chicagotribune.com, 4 Aug. 2019
• Judge, demonstrating his brute strength, hit a changeup off the end of his bat 414 feet over the left-field wall.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 2019
• The rush to paint Smith as an evil brute or a violent man feels anti-Black.
  — Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 2 Dec. 2022
• Lafite has always been a wine prized more for its finesse than its brute strength.
  — Jay McInerney, Town & Country, 13 Aug. 2018
• This big brute isn’t made for hauling into the mountains.
  — John B. Snow, Field & Stream, 4 May 2023
• The brute then begins to foot-stomp the woman – and does so seven times – and spits on her, according to police and the video.
  — Fox News, 14 Mar. 2022
• Bond is a caveman with an Omega, a misogynist with gadgets, a brute in a tux.
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2021
• Barnhill nixed the human-eating brute of most fairy tales.
  — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
• The imagery is unmistakable and centuries old: the brute and the maiden.
  — Namwali Serpell, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2022
• Just tell him to play smart and not go out there and try to always use your brute strength, especially against the pass rush.
  — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 14 Sep. 2017
• Gone is the notion of a center as a lumbering, slow-footed brute who blocks shots and dunks.
  — Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Feb. 2022
• This brute-ute is more than just a straight-line rocket, however.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 5 Mar. 2020
• For example, my friend has a brute of a silver Lab that’s a fine upland hunter.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 24 Nov. 2020
• In came the biggest, baddest predator of all time: a bus-sized brute with railroad-spike teeth that shattered the bones of its prey.
  — Stephen Brusatte, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2018
• Now, Riehl and Rubin want to release the fruits of that brute-forcing into the public domain.
  — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2020
• In the beauty of the world brute necessity becomes an object of love.
  — Christian Wiman, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
• Lest they be portrayed as mere brutes, the Terps went 4-0 in the Big Ten Tournament while scoring a total of 13 runs.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 1 June 2023
• Sorry about the brute sarcasm, but I’m fed up with living in a country where a massacre doesn’t even make the top of the news anymore.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 Sep. 2017
• The man on Connor’s TV isn’t the brute of myth who damned his children to keep pushing the same rock up the same hill, day after day, year after year.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2023
• Her second husband, the man the memoir portrays as a brute, is, by comparison, almost a saint.
  — Julia M. Klein, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023

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