Examples of burly in a Sentence
a burly delivery man brought the furniture
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The burly man Corlys is talking to, Alyn, is the one who saved his life, pulling him from the sea.
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Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
Our engineer, a burly Frenchman named Nicolas Bayou, jerked the door open, and an unearthly cold ripped through the cabin.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2024
Waiting for them were three burly law enforcement veterans: Tartaglione, school security guard Joseph Biggs and ex-NYPD officer George Benderoth.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 June 2024
In 2004, Putin tried to insert a burly ex-convict and regional political boss from Donetsk, Viktor Yanukovych, into the Ukrainian presidency, an effort that seems to have included having his pro-European electoral rival, Viktor Yushchenko, poisoned.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
Our engineer, a burly Frenchman named Nicolas Bayou, jerked the door open, and an unearthly cold ripped through the cabin.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 June 2024
Waiting for them were three burly law enforcement veterans: Tartaglione, school security guard Joseph Biggs and ex-NYPD officer George Benderoth.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 10 June 2024
In 2004, Putin tried to insert a burly ex-convict and regional political boss from Donetsk, Viktor Yanukovych, into the Ukrainian presidency, an effort that seems to have included having his pro-European electoral rival, Viktor Yushchenko, poisoned.
—Anna Reid, Foreign Affairs, 6 Apr. 2022
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“Burly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burly. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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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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