| Killigrew's original play aimed to demonstrate the brutishness of the British Cavaliers as they stormed through other countries and left paths of ruined women in the wake. |
| They despair of the moral decline and the ugly brutishness that characterise much of urban Britain. |
| My son would like to join the army, but he is understandably concerned about being exposed to such brutishness. |
| This 1897 story harrowingly captures the nastiness, brutishness, and shortness of life in a village of the time. |
| Though taken aback by the party leader's brutishness, the diplomat was not surprised by the message. |
| It's a word which shows a feeble mind and a tendency to brutishness. |
