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a burly delivery man brought the furniture
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There are up to 20,000 rabid people raining down their emotions from all angles, a dozen sticks clattering, two dozen skates carving, all those burly bodies bumping into each other and banging into the boards, plus an endless stream of screaming and grunting and cursing.
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The streams from his time in San Francisco, Oakland, and the nation’s capital did indeed feature some of the more frenzied throngs of people screaming his name and reaching out to touch him, held back only by a cadre of burly bodyguards.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2025
Then, a burly man wearing a blue Patriots hat and white t-shirt approached her, extending a set of keys.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Atom, Kavalier’s burly enforcer.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
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Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
The streams from his time in San Francisco, Oakland, and the nation’s capital did indeed feature some of the more frenzied throngs of people screaming his name and reaching out to touch him, held back only by a cadre of burly bodyguards.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2025
Then, a burly man wearing a blue Patriots hat and white t-shirt approached her, extending a set of keys.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 28 Sep. 2025
Atom, Kavalier’s burly enforcer.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 24 Sep. 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 20 Oct. 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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