Explore Burly through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like beefy or husky. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Burly meaning
- Large, well-built, and muscular.
- Great, amazing, unbelievable.
- Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
Using Burly
- The main meaning on this page is: Large, well-built, and muscular. | Great, amazing, unbelievable. | Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.
- Useful related words include: beefy, husky, strapping, buirdly.
- In the example corpus, burly often appears in combinations such as: the burly, burly man, big burly.
Context around Burly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 7 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Burly
- In this selection, "burly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, big, nyangulu, large, forward, man and bearded stand out and add context to how "burly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 7 on burly gage ladere and a big burly trucker. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "burly" sits close to words such as abnormality, absenteeism and absorbent, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with burly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There were five burly men. (5 words)
Wolverine is 5’3 and a burly rugged guy. (9 words)
Gaze in wonder at that big burly V8, conveniently displayed. (10 words)
The Iron Sheik, a former pro wrestler who played a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of the sport's biggest stars, has died at age 81. The WWE posted an article confirming the death of the ex-wrestler and Twitter personality Wednesday. (45 words)
Convict 13 (1920) starring Buster Keaton as a young golfer who is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself mistakenly in jail about to be hanged, is packed with burly villains, endless gags and cop chases galore. (38 words)
A burly sergeant came into the home, handed Ned an more powder horn, a small burlap shoulder sack with some dried meat and two loaves of rye bread, and a pat on the back again. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
A minute after replacing Vincent Nyangulu, burly forward Christopher Kumwembe equalised for the Nomads with a stylish bicycle kick barely a minute into the second half.
Dennis' design is not particularly terrifying as he just looks like a burly man; however, what makes this character stand out is his dissociative identity disorder.
Gaze in wonder at that big burly V8, conveniently displayed.
I’ll catch a glimpse of what she is watching and see a burly, bearded man pouring a cup of tea for some crestfallen fellow who apparently hasn’t slept for weeks.
Like, there's YouTube comments that were, like, "I'm like a big burly trucker.
Players should remember that Zangief is a burly mountain of a man, and that means his attacks are slower compared to other fighters.
The burly bartender has a gaze that makes you feel welcome and at home.
The episode focused on Homer Simpson being sent to a mental institution, where he befriended a large burly man named Leon Kompowsky.
The Iron Sheik, a former pro wrestler who played a burly, bombastic villain in 1980s battles with some of the sport's biggest stars, has died at age 81. The WWE posted an article confirming the death of the ex-wrestler and Twitter personality Wednesday.
After encountering unknown mechanical issues near the bucolic West Lancashire village of Rufford, this burly Fire & Rescue vehicle was in need of tow-truck assistance.
Burly forward Christopher Kumwembe also had two chances which were wasted.
Convict 13 (1920) starring Buster Keaton as a young golfer who is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself mistakenly in jail about to be hanged, is packed with burly villains, endless gags and cop chases galore.
Prison officer Linda was seen performing a lewd act and having sex with a burly lag as her discarded radio crackled with messages.
The Griffins went up 14-7 on burly Gage LaDere’s 63-yard touchdown interception with 6:55 left in the second quarter.
The Hull Daily Mail report of the gig said: "The night in Bridlington is how gigs are supposed to be, not separated from the crowd by miles of barriers and burly bouncers.
There were five burly men.
Wolverine is 5’3 and a burly rugged guy.
A burly sergeant came into the home, handed Ned an more powder horn, a small burlap shoulder sack with some dried meat and two loaves of rye bread, and a pat on the back again.
As the hurly burly for the Bihar Assembly polls gets underway, much is being written, said, and sung about the myriad caste loyalties in the state.
Burly, bearded Bill led The Dome’s circular interior as if in a tumble dryer.
Common combinations with burly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: