1
a
British
: the flesh of a boar
b
2
a
: full strong muscles
b
: muscular strength
Examples of brawn in a Sentence
an actor who is more famous for his brawn than for his talent
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In our own history, the failures of the Vietnam and Iraq wars owed less to insufficient brawn than to arrogance, cultural blindness, and the hubristic dismissal of diplomacy as weakness.
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Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Sandro Tonali, Joelinton and Bruno Guimaraes are the brains and brawn of Howe’s set up, but there was a lack of composure from the start that developed into a lack of influence by the end.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
His brain, not his brawn, is now the critical piece.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
Clash of conspiracies Crypto can be analyzed as an alien parody of the 'brawn over brains' action hero that Hollywood has historically liked.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Loree Sutton, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
Sandro Tonali, Joelinton and Bruno Guimaraes are the brains and brawn of Howe’s set up, but there was a lack of composure from the start that developed into a lack of influence by the end.
—Harry De Cosemo, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
His brain, not his brawn, is now the critical piece.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2025
Clash of conspiracies Crypto can be analyzed as an alien parody of the 'brawn over brains' action hero that Hollywood has historically liked.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Brawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brawn. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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brawn
noun1
: full strong muscles
2
: muscular strength
3
British
: the meat of a boar
brawniness
noun
ˈbrȯ-nē-nəs
brawny
adjective
ˈbrȯ-nē
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