'brutal man' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
For example, you can use it when describing a particular individual, such as, “He was a brutal man who did not show mercy to his victims.”.
Last January, Iraq's only law was the whim of one brutal man.
But what we know of him doesn't stack up to his being a brutal man and a serial killer.
Steve Jobs could be arrogant and unpleasant, a brutal man a sane person would not want to work for.
"For a big, brutal man who works a violent day job, he has a real family sensibility," Fleiss said.
A statement like: "I was weaned on this – the hypostatised, brutal man; the yielding, deferring woman.
For the father, the image of Stalin carries unusual significance as a standard of morality: "A good man, a pacifist, sees brutality in himself as well as in brutal men.
But perhaps Scolari's brutal man-management has worked best with Figo, the team captain.
Jane Campion's new serial killer thriller, In The Cut, has a masochistic heroine who finds the sleazy underworld of brutal men and brutal sex attractive.
If Obama won't keep these brutal men locked up for the national interest, perhaps he will for his political self-interest.
To explain male brutality verging on sadism, Taylor invokes sexual selection - that women might prefer demonstrably brutal men because they carry desirable genes.
