How to Use burly in a Sentence

burly

adjective
  • This stretch travels through black oak savanna, with lupine and burly oaks.
    Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Feb. 2019
  • And then later, near the park headquarters, a burly forest ranger.
    Paul Salopek, National Geographic, 15 May 2019
  • From burly, off-grid vans to cozy, homes-on-wheels, camper vans are on the road and in your Instagram feeds.
    Megan Barber, Curbed, 5 June 2019
  • Shortly afterward, a tall, burly man started kicking his head.
    Yanan Wang, The Seattle Times, 14 Nov. 2018
  • The steep prices, and the bags’ burly design, put them in the same league as Yeti’s Panga series.
    Emily Reed, Outside Online, 12 July 2018
  • Even when a seal is sedated though, the crew must remain alert as they are surrounded by fully awake, burly seals.
    Kasha Patel, Smithsonian, 13 July 2018
  • This is stiff-jawed and burly rock music, with plenty of darkness and suffering underneath.
    John Adamian, courant.com, 14 June 2019
  • Their bodies and games are similarly built—both are identifiable by their burly physiques and booming drives.
    Brian Costa, WSJ, 16 June 2019
  • From burly, larger-volume packs that can transition into overnighters to fast-and-light minimalist packs, there’s a daypack for you on this list.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 11 July 2018
  • However, off-road teardrops feature better suspension and burly tires, allowing campers to go further on rougher terrain.
    Megan Barber, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2018
  • The Alex rims are wide and burly, and both wheels seem to be built well.
    James Huang, Outside Online, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Wolf, a smidgen over 5 feet tall, was dwarfed by the burly man.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2021
  • At their foot was a tall, burly guard dressed in all black.
    John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
  • The five-speed shifter has long throws, the clutch is heavy, and the engine revs with a burly roar.
    Arthur St. Antoine, Car and Driver, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Jones was a burly 6-3 with a thick mustache and a hard stare.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 22 Nov. 2021
  • The smaller cousins of the burly raven are moving north.
    Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Of those, the S20 Ultra boasts the burliest camera in the bunch.
    Popular Science, 12 Feb. 2020
  • By the early morning of March 16, the burly 77-year-old was gone.
    Carol Marbin Miller, ProPublica, 22 Mar. 2020
  • The burly man Corlys is talking to, Alyn, is the one who saved his life, pulling him from the sea.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
  • All the exits were blocked by burly bouncers and the doors were barred.
    Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The truck is straining its burly shoulders against the wind.
    Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 29 May 2020
  • This burly mat is a full 4 inches thick and weighs 4 pounds.
    WIRED, 18 June 2023
  • The burly Faith Baptist boys proved too much, and the second half was a blow-out.
    Nick Watt and Jack Hannah, CNN, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Guardians of the Galaxy was the big hit of 2014, making a star out of blond, goofy, burly Chris Pratt.
    Constance Grady, Vox, 18 July 2024
  • The burly Fenix 5 is on our list of best fitness trackers.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 17 July 2019
  • The young, burly bartender with a baby face rushed over.
    Richard Morgan, Town & Country, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Still, the burly 6-foot-6-inch forward is most proud of his defense.
    Adam Himmelsbach, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Until the burly men at the ice house loaded two big bags of ice into the back.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2021
  • That moment capped the group’s two-year effort to climb the burly mountain.
    Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 May 2023
  • The burly man recoiled, then shot back that only a court could judge him.
    Michael E. Miller and Samantha Schmidt, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Nov. 2022

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