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as in muscular
having muscles capable of exerting great physical force
the store manager always asked the brawniest person there to do the heavy lifting
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as in sinewy
marked by a well-developed musculature
brawny arms that weren't developed in the gym but by years of work in the construction business
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as in athletic
strongly and heavily built
a tough little boy who's going to be a brawny man someday
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Recent Examples of brawny
The car feels very solid and brawny, thus lending a feeling of safety.
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Josh Max, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
That’s why top cyclists often have brawny quads, glutes, and hamstrings.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
This was Google, after all: big, brawny, able to warp space and time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2010
Running, meanwhile, damages big, brawny leg muscles, and saps those muscles of the power required to push the pedals of a bicycle.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
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Josh Max, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
That’s why top cyclists often have brawny quads, glutes, and hamstrings.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
This was Google, after all: big, brawny, able to warp space and time.
—IEEE Spectrum, 30 Dec. 2010
Running, meanwhile, damages big, brawny leg muscles, and saps those muscles of the power required to push the pedals of a bicycle.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for brawny
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The plot of this discovery only thickened upon noticing how bizarrely muscular these dinosaurs’ arms were, as well as their brawny hips.Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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The original is still the masterpiece, a film that truly rewrote the rules for the genre, shifting it more to everyman characters like Willis and away from muscular stars like Sly and Ah-nuld.Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
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The investment firm upgraded shares of the athletic footwear and clothing retailer to overweight from neutral.Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2025
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But Hayes was unaware of her athletic capabilities.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2025
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This results in a charge imbalance that builds up an electric field strong enough to trigger flashes of lightning.National Geographic, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
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According to research from Everytown for Gun Safety, a nonprofit that advocates for gun control, strong gun control laws are correlated with fewer gun deaths.Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 13 Jan. 2023
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As firefighters fought the powerful blaze, water stopped flowing through multiple fire hydrants — leaving crews unable to put out fires.Shyla Watson, People.com, 10 Jan. 2025
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Fueled by powerful winds and dry conditions, a series of ferocious wildfires erupted Tuesday and roared across the Los Angeles area, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least six people.Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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Travelers can use nearby Joshua Tree as their home base while hiking Chuckwalla’s Painted Canyon trail in Mecca Hills or while exploring the rugged Orocopia Mountains.Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 15 Jan. 2025
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The rest of the team can't stay healthy because of a rugged artificial turf home field.Dianna Russini, The Athletic, 15 Jan. 2025
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In the end, New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, the brash and burly pro-Palestinian progressive, couldn’t overcome a deluge of outside spending by pro-Israel groups to unseat him.Scott Wong, NBC news, 31 Dec. 2024
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Tall and burly but endearingly boyish in his thigh-baring shorts, Gatos is completely winning as a man who doesn’t impose his curiosity in the world around him, on the world around him, though his subtle interior illumination upon finding a potential kindred spirit is a joy to see.Guy Lodge, Variety, 28 Dec. 2024
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The Apple AirPods 4 promise impressive sound quality and active noise-cancellation in their small but mighty package, and the latest MacBook Pro is equipped with a high-end display and an M4 chip for super speed and a long battery life.Clara McMahon, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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The red field highlights our present: Illinois' most iconic border, formed by the mighty Mississippi.Mark Harris, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
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Benelli There are beefy CST tires on 16-inch cast-aluminum wheels.New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Jan. 2025
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The PlayStation 5 will arguably be best remembered for beefy open-world games, serious narrative titles, and multiplayer shooters.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Brawny.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brawny. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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