as in athletic
strongly and heavily built
a burly delivery man brought the furniture
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Recent Examples of burly
The burly right-hander is set to make his MLB debut at Kauffman Stadium against the Cleveland Guardians.
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Jaylon Thompson
may 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2026
Drummond is a burly, 6-foot-11 glass glutton.
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Fred Katz,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
With 7-foot-1 defensive menace Rudy Gobert at center and the burly Julius Randle at power forward, the Timberwolves love to overwhelm teams with size.
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Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
3 May 2026
The Houston Texans selected McDonald, the burly 6-foot-3, 326-pound defensive tackle from Ohio State with the fourth pick of the second round.
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ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for burly
Jaylon Thompson
may 6,
Kansas City Star,
6 May 2026
Drummond is a burly, 6-foot-11 glass glutton.
—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
With 7-foot-1 defensive menace Rudy Gobert at center and the burly Julius Randle at power forward, the Timberwolves love to overwhelm teams with size.
—
Jeff McDonald,
San Antonio Express-News,
3 May 2026
The Houston Texans selected McDonald, the burly 6-foot-3, 326-pound defensive tackle from Ohio State with the fourth pick of the second round.
—
ABC News,
24 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for burly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for burly
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Recipients include a local YMCA and athletic center, churches, schools and human services organizations.
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Carr was viewed by NBA scouts as athletic with his 42½-inch vertical leap and as having a good jump shot.
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Never worry about scrubbing away stains from your pets or children again with this powerful carpet and upholstery cleaner.
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The dynamic Sun in your 3rd House of Communication quincunxes powerful Pluto in your 10th House of Career, creating tension between daily tasks and authority.
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Known for a unique approach to improvisation and his warm, husky voice, Ulmer settled into a niche of his own in the late Seventies and early Eighties.
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The 5-year-old husky mix is a regular at Spot's Place in Regina, Saskatchewan, usually attending Monday through Friday.
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The service offers a beefy selection of email templates and a host of autoresponders.
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Powered by a beefy V8 producing up to 430 horsepower, these Corvettes remain shockingly fast even by modern standards.
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These small but mighty earbuds promise superior sound quality and noise cancellation in their compact, ergonomic design.
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Westeros will be engulfed in flames as the Dance of the Dragons sweeps away knights riding their mighty creatures and entire armies.
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The comparison suggests Mexican winemaking is a monolith and that its offerings mimic Napa’s brawny fruit-forward wines—two deeply misguided assumptions.
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Some might make the case that 2005’s brawny alien apocalypse action thriller War of the Worlds fits the bill.
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However, Jupiter's hulking presence blocked most of that flow, keeping more of that rock, dust, and gas trapped in the inner solar system.
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That display is dwarfed by the hulking frames containing hundreds of buttons accumulated over two decades.
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Saddleback Caterpillar has a stout, brown body about an inch long with a bright green rectangle and an oval saddle marking on its back.
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Turning its back on views of the Santa Rita Mountains, the home’s interior revolved around a dim central kitchen and an awkward sunken garden bounded by stout masonry columns that held up the roof but restricted movement through the space.
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“Burly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burly. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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