Examples of bruiser in a Sentence
That boy is going to be a bruiser when he grows up!
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Backfield bruiser Rico Dowdle rushed for more than 1,000 yards in just 11 starts; rookie breakout Tetairoa McMillan topped 1,000 receiving yards and scored seven times.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Draymond Green was a whole team’s injury report unto himself after spending the previous 48 minutes jostling with 7-foot bruiser Ivica Zubac in Monday’s loss to the Clippers.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
The Ducks’ bruiser helped Oregon put up 245 passing yards and convert four fourth-down conversions on The Best Defense Money Can Buy, blanking Texas Tech 23-0 in the Orange Bowl.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
Neither Horford or Post is much of an interior bruiser, and Green is too small to face off against, say, Victor Wembanyama (which became quite clear during Golden State's two fluky wins against Wembanyama's San Antonio Spurs over the last week).
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Draymond Green was a whole team’s injury report unto himself after spending the previous 48 minutes jostling with 7-foot bruiser Ivica Zubac in Monday’s loss to the Clippers.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
The Ducks’ bruiser helped Oregon put up 245 passing yards and convert four fourth-down conversions on The Best Defense Money Can Buy, blanking Texas Tech 23-0 in the Orange Bowl.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2026
Neither Horford or Post is much of an interior bruiser, and Green is too small to face off against, say, Victor Wembanyama (which became quite clear during Golden State's two fluky wins against Wembanyama's San Antonio Spurs over the last week).
—Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
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“Bruiser.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bruiser. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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bruiser
noun
bruis·er
ˈbrü-zər 
: a big husky person
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