as in athletic
strongly and heavily built
a burly delivery man brought the furniture
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Recent Examples of burly
The third — a more burly version of the configuration that’s designed to smoothly move drivers onto westbound C-470 from northbound Santa Fe Drive — opens in April.
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John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
The Mustangs have battered University inside with burly senior center James Claypool (17 points, 10 rebounds), and the Bulldogs have no answer.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
Wetzel, a burly Texan with a rowdy rep, sang about self-medicating and self-sabotaging, with a little self-mythologizing along the way.
—Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
The burly Glover was a natural who never went to acting school or took an acting class — yet taught acting throughout his career, by most accounts quite effectively.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2025
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John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
The Mustangs have battered University inside with burly senior center James Claypool (17 points, 10 rebounds), and the Bulldogs have no answer.
—Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 12 Mar. 2025
Wetzel, a burly Texan with a rowdy rep, sang about self-medicating and self-sabotaging, with a little self-mythologizing along the way.
—Rolling Stone, 28 Dec. 2024
The burly Glover was a natural who never went to acting school or took an acting class — yet taught acting throughout his career, by most accounts quite effectively.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for burly
Adjective
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Although Durant was unquestionably the better Thunder player during his stint with Westbrook and Harden, Westbrook had the longer run, playing in Oklahoma City through close to the tail end of his athletic prime.—
Alex Kirschenbaum,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 May 2025
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Sabol, an operations manager from Madison with an athletic background that bonded her with the show's lead, entered the finale of the Fox reality show as one of two women left on Farmer Jay Woods' Alabama farm.—
Christopher Kuhagen,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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But against one of the most powerful lineups in the nation, the Bearcats fell short of their expectations.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 May 2025
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Perhaps just as importantly, here’s hoping America’s most wealthiest and most powerful people and institutions stop caving to Trump’s diktats.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Fred Clemens, the lodge owner, told us that a few big bass had been caught in Grassy Bay, also some husky channel cats running to 12 pounds.—
Don Shiner,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2025
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In a viral TikTok video, a Siberian husky puppy is filmed meeting a kitten for the very first time in his life, and his heartening reaction to the feline has quickly turned him into a social-media sensation.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Thankfully, Charlotte has a few under-the-radar spots whose vegan and vegetarian french fries rival those cooked in the beefiest of tallow.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2025
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Is Fisk, who just popped a hole in a jacket, going to gradually get bigger and beefier as the rest of the season/series unfolds?—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Blueberries Blueberries are a small but mighty superfruit packed with nutrients.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
12 May 2025
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From a surprise baby bump to a sleek race-car entrance, these celebrities joined a small but mighty club of stars who have opted to make the famous Met steps not just a runway but a stage.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
7 May 2025
Adjective
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The contrast between two slight female IGPN officers and one large brawny male officer makes menacingly real the power play underlying an interview.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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At Flanders, the peloton’s big and brawny racers like Flemish hero Wout van Aert or Dutch racer Mathieu van der Poel get to shine.—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside Online,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Met has marshalled its lavish resources to present its first new staging of the work since 2004: hulking sets, images of artful horror, Wagnerian voices, a monster orchestra unleashing a storm of sound.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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And while there’s still some humor to be mined from the general inhumanity of this hulking tank quietly standing around in someone else’s story, the narrative isn’t complex enough to sustain itself.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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After his ice-cold start that was due, in large part, to Jaden McDaniels’ stout defense, Gilgeous-Alexander was spectacular in the second half (20 points, five assists, four rebounds, eight-of-14 shooting and a plus-25 rating as the Thunder dominated 70-40).—
Sam Amick,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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Normally, heavy tackle is preferred, including a stout casting rod and 15 to 18-pound-test line, so heavy fish can be kept from diving into weeds or under logs.—
Don Shiner,
Outdoor Life,
14 May 2025
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“Burly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/burly. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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