Sentence examples for not brutish from inspiring English sources

Birds, not brutish reptilian creatures, are now more often seen as dinosaurs' closest relations.

Not brutish or immovable, but the élan and grace with which he shot down the Kings in Game 4 today -- the way he detonated for a career playoff-high 48 points in a 119-113 series-clinching victory -- confirmed the worst for the home team.

The opposite of weak is not brutish.

Then later, in a Magritte-style scene, James's family carries its furniture through the fields to the estate to claim their little slice of heaven -- but there's a sense that this is only a visualization of James's futile wish for a life that isn't brutish and disease-ridden.

The Tories' offering is nasty and short, if not actually brutish.

The scientists said that the discovery shows that Neanderthal man was not the brutish species he is frequently depicted, but someone who was capable of careful planning and an ability to recognise the symbolic beauty of body ornaments.

But perhaps "Gone Girl" 's greatest insight is that the men aren't mere brutish exploiters.

Life in the New Digital Age might be disorienting, but at least it isn't nasty, brutish, and short.

This is about as nasty as ballet gets, and brutish, not to mention short.

Not in a brutish way, but you are not being given any option".

The time to insult him was in past years, when he was obdurate and brutish, not now, when he has made a journey beyond that and demonstrated considerable magnanimity.