| The massive, brawny man peered at me in bewilderment as I had managed to stop his blade, and he withdrew, smiling shadily at me. |
| The oarsmen pushed their oars above the water while a brawny man dropped an anchor into the deep. |
| What the brawny actor lacks in emotive range, he more than makes up for with an appealing, roughhewn charisma. |
| His imitation was a poor caricature of his boss's brawny presence, his hands lost in the cuffs of a shirt meant for someone broader. |
| Two small, brawny men slosh through an icy stream, their cheap plastic sandals slapping slick rocks. |
| Sister Miriam was tucked under his brawny arm, her head resting on her father's chest. |
