Sentence examples for like a strongman from inspiring English sources

Putin may look like a strongman, but his policies are making Russia weaker.

General Prayuth does not look like a strongman to reorder Thai politics and society.

Ultimately, Stage 16 went to Thor Hushovd of Norway, who looks more like a strongman than a cyclist yet won his second stage in this year's race, continuing his evolution from pure sprinter to all-around threat.

Dylan finished his final song, "Just Like a Woman", with a victorious salute – "holding up both fists like a strongman", Rolling Stones reviewer remarked shortly afterwards.

He didn't so much go around every individual as he severed his way brutally through the collective, like a strongman ripping a phonebook in half.

He didn't so much go round every individual as he severed his way brutally through the collective, like a strongman ripping a phonebook in half.

At first the former policeman, who likes to cultivate a strongman image, oversaw swift progress.

Though he likes to call himself a strongman -- and often acts like one -- Mr. Hun Sen faces internal pressures from his party.

"It's like an oxymoron," a strongman said.

Libya, like Iraq, without a strongman to hold it together, is now in chaos with terrorists in charge of part of the country.

Can a strongman like Chiang Ching-kuo step forward?