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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Seconds later, a powerful explosion blasted through the doorway, shattering windows and sending vertical blinds and debris flying as firefighters quickly retreated from the building.
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The brothers bonded over the game, but in his work, Grant so frequently provided a microphone for the voices a powerful organization would rather hush.
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Bob Cary, tall and husky outdoor editor of the Chicago Daily News, was there with his family, staying at the lake’s only resort, where Vera and I also were staying.
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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 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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Thick foam from the building’s insulation floated by on streams that leaked from the hulking shell, which firefighters have been drenching for days since the fire erupted on the roof the afternoon of June 17.
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And he was jacked, a hulking man who was not afraid to drop-kick a kid who was part of a gang of evildoers.
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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 2 Jul. 2026.
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