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a burly delivery man brought the furniture
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To complement those two, the Thunder are using the burly Jaylin Williams to come in and push him around physically.
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Tony Jones, New York Times, 12 May 2025
First, his linguistic talents need to be tested: My examiner was an infantry captain—a tough and burly Frenchman now in the U.S. Army.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
After serving in the Navy during World War II, the burly athlete returned to Clovis briefly.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Our guide at Al-Aqsa was a burly thirty-five-year-old orthopedics resident named Mohammad Shaheen.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
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Tony Jones, New York Times, 12 May 2025
First, his linguistic talents need to be tested: My examiner was an infantry captain—a tough and burly Frenchman now in the U.S. Army.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
After serving in the Navy during World War II, the burly athlete returned to Clovis briefly.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
Our guide at Al-Aqsa was a burly thirty-five-year-old orthopedics resident named Mohammad Shaheen.
—Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for burly
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“Burly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burly. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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burly
adjective
bur·ly
ˈbər-lē 
burlier; burliest
: strongly and heavily built
a burly man
burliness
noun
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