brawnier; brawniest
Examples of brawny in a Sentence
the store manager always asked the brawniest person there to do the heavy lifting
brawny arms that weren't developed in the gym but by years of work in the construction business
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Today, the open source OS kernel known as Linux absolutely dominates the brawny server market—particularly for cloud computing and especially for supercomputers and AI infrastructure.
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
The Dodge Durango might be counted among the veterans of the SUV class, but don’t mistake it for your regular brawny tow car.
—New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025
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
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
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Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025
The Dodge Durango might be counted among the veterans of the SUV class, but don’t mistake it for your regular brawny tow car.
—New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2025
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
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
See All Example Sentences for brawny
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“Brawny.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brawny. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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