Bruiser is an English word with synonyms like bull or samson. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bruiser in a sentence
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Bruiser meaning
- In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that they will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment.
- A tall, strong, heavily built person, usually a man, especially one prone to physical violence; a strong and tough person.
- A machine for bruising oats.
Using Bruiser
- The main meaning on this page is: In contact sports, an athlete whose size, strength, and/or aggressiveness make it likely that they will cause athletes on the opposing team to suffer physical punishment. | A tall, strong, heavily built person, usually a man, especially one prone to physical violence; a strong and tough person. | A machine for bruising oats.
- Useful related words include: bull, strapper, samson, man.
- In the example corpus, bruiser often appears in combinations such as: the bruiser, bruiser brody.
Context around Bruiser
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bruiser
- In this selection, "bruiser" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, pound, brazilian, fight, brody, mollie and transferred stand out and add context to how "bruiser" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 238 pound bruiser has 676 and 6 9 bruiser transferred to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bruiser" sits close to words such as aal, aalto and aardvark, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bruiser
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He wants to be the bruiser. (6 words)
Bruiser Brody, Jimmy Snuka, the Fabulous Moolah, and more score the spotlight. (12 words)
Donaldson, a 238-pound bruiser, has 676 yards and eight touchdowns rushing. (12 words)
Vermeulen, along with many in the South African rugby community, rates Hanekom highly, but said during a press conference in Edinburgh that the bruiser would need to bide his time before getting his first run for the Boks. (38 words)
While at Holy Cross he met the love of his life, Lynn, before heading off to Notre Dame, where he was nicknamed “Bruiser” for his play on the rugby team. (30 words)
In his first two years with the Gophers, Garcia played inside primarily with Pharrel Payne before the 6-9 bruiser transferred to Texas A&M. (25 words)
Example sentences (19)
Bruiser Brody, Jimmy Snuka, the Fabulous Moolah, and more score the spotlight.
Donaldson, a 238-pound bruiser, has 676 yards and eight touchdowns rushing.
Roadhog can be considered a bruiser, whose Chain Hook ability can be used to pull off enemies from a distance.
The Tigers were awarded a penalty kick when bruiser Mollie Baker was fouled entering the right corner of the box.
But it wasn't to be as he suffered a crushing decision defeat to the Brazilian bruiser.
Comparing Mick Foley to brawler legends of the past such as Bruiser Brody, Terry Funk, Harley Race, and Stan Hansen.
In his first two years with the Gophers, Garcia played inside primarily with Pharrel Payne before the 6-9 bruiser transferred to Texas A&M.
People are shown arriving in droves to see Kevin and a "mystery guest" (David in his pro-wrestling debut)fight Bruiser Brody and Gino Hernandez.
The guy – let’s call him Bruiser–falls backward down the two steps and rolls into a stereo console.
Vermeulen, along with many in the South African rugby community, rates Hanekom highly, but said during a press conference in Edinburgh that the bruiser would need to bide his time before getting his first run for the Boks.
After he died, I moved Bruiser's bowl into the laundry room where he'd hang out during the day when we were gone.
The classic film also starred Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge and a Chihuahua named Bruiser, owned by Witherspoon’s character.
He wants to be the bruiser.
In dark matches that will presumably be exclusive to television Rhett Titus faced Shaheem Ali and Beer City Bruiser took on Vinny Marseglia.
Ric Flair spent time in the promotion along with Lou Thesz, Dick the Bruiser, Gene Kiniski, and Ted DiBiase.
Bruiser and Milonas teamed up for the Last Call finisher (superplex followed by a frogsplash) on St. Giovanni, but Ali broke up the pin.
I should stop for a second and mention that I felt Bruiser & Milonas had a strong showing here.
Menzies tried on a new hooligan bruiser gimmick, in a new coat and hat and sporting a billy club.
While at Holy Cross he met the love of his life, Lynn, before heading off to Notre Dame, where he was nicknamed “Bruiser” for his play on the rugby team.
Common combinations with bruiser
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: