as in athletic
strongly and heavily built
a burly delivery man brought the furniture
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Recent Examples of burly
The wheels are burly and the telescoping handle allows for a smooth pull.
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Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Still, today, nobody is ready to see big, strong, kind of burly girls up there on the stage, fronting a rock band.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
In the front row, a burly deacon flipped the pages of his worn King James version.
—Joshua Sharpe
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
This burly mat is 4 inches thick and weighs 4 pounds, offering plenty of cushioning and support.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
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Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 7 Aug. 2025
Still, today, nobody is ready to see big, strong, kind of burly girls up there on the stage, fronting a rock band.
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
In the front row, a burly deacon flipped the pages of his worn King James version.
—Joshua Sharpe
august 6, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2025
This burly mat is 4 inches thick and weighs 4 pounds, offering plenty of cushioning and support.
—Scott Gilbertson, Wired News, 5 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for burly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burly
Adjective
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Sacramento State had planned to increase its student fee from $181 to $256 per student by the 2027-28 school year and use the money to update the school’s athletic facilities, including for a new football stadium.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacbee.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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College athletic departments often face a first-mover dilemma, and MásLabor is encountering that same hesitation, compounded, Floyd says, by institutional incentives to maintain the status quo.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Google has also begun rolling out two powerful filters for album searches.—
Paul Monckton,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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But her flat intonation and vocal fry are perfectly suited to Marvel’s campy critical misfire, playing a demure yet powerful teenager who’s taken under the wing of Dakota Johnson’s equally spacey Cassie.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The exception may be the size of the potato gnocchi, husky rectangles of creamy potato dumplings in a lemon butter sauce, circling jumbo lump crab morsels dappled with chives.—
Beth D'Addono,
Southern Living,
4 Aug. 2025
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Hank’s son Bobby is no longer a husky middle-schooler, but a 21-year-old running his own Japanese-German fusion restaurant in Dallas, for instance.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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The pockets vary in size, some being small enough for a little flash drive and others large enough to fit the beefiest of portable chargers.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Rathbun Steak One of Atlanta’s most respected chefs, Kevin Rathbun has a beefy reputation as a steak-master.—
Mike Jordan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The definition of small but mighty, these tiny little seeds will introduce an impressive fiber punch into any salad, smoothie, breakfast bowl, or chia pudding—to the tune of around four grams per tablespoon, to be specific.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
20 Aug. 2025
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Iggy and Stooges were already part of the punk fabric of New York City, and became ubiquitous at CBGB, fueling the fury of flourishing bands like The Ramones and Blondie who rose to prominence on the small but mighty stage.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The stately and imposing Graham McTavish helped lead Outlander as brawny war chief Dougal MacKenzie on the first two seasons of Outlander, though the actor would return for a couple more appearances later in the series.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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And brawny local dad Archer Graff (Josh Brolin), whose son is one of the missing children, is determined to find out what that something might be.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Sweet photos of the two saw Kelce down on one knee, gifting Swift a hulking Old Mine Brilliant cut diamond.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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That’s the vibe he’s tried to capture at Be Kind Video, a 525-foot storefront that’s designed to feel like your best friend’s basement, with wood paneling from the ’80s and a vintage Nintendo plugged into a hulking TV.—
Mickey Rapkin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Zilpha still thought of Jaron as a man of Cornish hedges, although his work was with Charles Upchurch Sway Partners (CUSP), a hedge fund operated from a central trunk in Lausanne and its stout branch in New York.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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The Pride came out with more intensity in the second half, searching for a way to break through Utah’s stout defense.—
Kyle Foley,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Burly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burly. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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