How to Use brutish in a Sentence

brutish

adjective

• She is married to a brutish, drunken slob.
• They were known for their brutish style of play, led by Thomas.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 8 May 2023
• But in a nasty and brutish world, the U.S. still needs partners like the Saudis.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 26 Feb. 2021
• The Maya get to be a poster child for eco-collapse and the stars of a brutish, bloodthirsty movie.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2011
• Sorry, but the plodding, brutish playoff teams of the 1990s were bad for the league.
  — Bruce Jenkins, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May 2021
• Life in the intertidal zone can be nasty, brutish, and short.
  — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
• Their battles can be nasty, brutish and very very long.
  — Daniel Burke, CNN, 20 Dec. 2019
• No black voice could ever be more than a brutish squawk.
  — Fara Dabhoiwala, The New York Review of Books, 3 Aug. 2020
• The world must hope that the bold prince triumphs over the brutish one (see Special report).
  — The Economist, 23 June 2018
• Two brutish guards learn the hard way this princess isn’t waiting for a Prince Charming.
  — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022
• People tend to look at early life as brutish, nasty and short.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb. 2024
• People tend to look at early life as brutish, nasty, and short.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
• This scrawny, 135-pound novice wanted to try a brutish contact sport?
  — Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2024
• The romance is stark against a backdrop of brutish warfare.
  — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Nov. 2023
• Every few minutes, a brutish little fish swims up, turns to sip air and peels back to the dank.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2023
• Every few minutes, a brutish little fish swims up, turns to sip air, and peels back to the dank.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 28 Dec. 2019
• But during the Cold War, we were often seen as brutish and heavy-handed.
  — TIME, 9 Jan. 2024
• Get into the pages, though, and the brutish story is far from romantic.
  — Andrew Dansby, ExpressNews.com, 31 May 2020
• The era wasn’t changing any more than the brutish ticking of every clock allows.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2024
• While the Yankees are too august for a mascot and the Lakers are too slick, the Flyers were too brutish.
  — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2021
• These men, between ages 18 and 65, have been yoked to the stereotypes of manhood: tough, stoic, brutish.
  — Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2022
• This was an Iron Age of iron men, and Chicago teams ever since have strived to live up to the brutish standards of their fore-Bears.
  — David Isaacson, Chicago Reader, 15 Aug. 2017
• Just when the Utes gained some brutish momentum in the second half, their efforts fell apart.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022
• The Khashoggi murder fixed a view of the crown prince as brutish, thin-skinned, and psychopathic.
  — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 3 Mar. 2022
• But there were a few brutish crackdowns on small protests far from Freedom Park—just a reminder.
  — Stéphanie Giry, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2015
• The wretched litany is a nearly Hobbesian nightmare: nasty and brutish, but not short.
  — Sigrid MacRae, Harper's Magazine, 16 Mar. 2021
• The trail passes ledges and overhangs, ending at a pool lapping at brutish cliffs.
  — Roger Naylor, azcentral, 13 July 2018
• What follows is the face journey of a woman who has tasted in the nuggets that life is, indeed, nasty, brutish, and short.
  — Madeleine Aggeler, The Cut, 30 Mar. 2018
• Scenes of showbiz ruthlessness are left to the man who is brutish enough to unscrew that bottle of ketchup.
  — Armond White, National Review, 16 Sep. 2020
• Only the brutish Barabbas (Lupin’s Omar Sy) leaves unchained.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Dec 2024