How to Use brutal in a Sentence

brutal

adjective
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  • The traffic was brutal on the way to work.
  • The movie is a brutal depiction of the war.
  • I had a brutal headache this morning.
  • The writer describes the dangers of drugs with brutal honesty.
  • Sailors sometimes faced brutal punishments like whipping.
  • But the brutal, 10-month siege of Bakhmut spares no one and nothing.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Each attempts to change the trajectory of his or her life; each fails, foiled by the grinding logic of this brutal and deeply unequal society.
    — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2023
  • In The Substance, Moore gets to train all that doubt, anxiety, and fear back on the industry and fire away with brutal force.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The brutal heat in Argentina and Uruguay in the first half of this month has no similarities in history.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Joel deflects, trying to give Ellie credit, but Marlene knows how strong, brutal, and just all-around good at surviving this guy is.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Gillett: That is scripted, specifically, as a brutal and definitive kill.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 13 Mar. 2023
  • After running a fast, relatively easy race, Maixner said, the last leg from White Mountain was brutal.
    — Michelle Theriault Boots, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The Muskies still managed to win 25 games through a brutal nonconference schedule and the rigors of the Big East.
    — Jason Williams, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Netflix just unleashed what might just the most brutal reality competition series ever in Outlast.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Gilmore came of age in a time where comedies did not have to be so brutal.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
  • But her life took a dark turn with a brutal assault at home.
    — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
  • In the face of a brutal crackdown by the regime, protests spread like wildfire in the following weeks.
    — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
  • There are many brutal deaths There are countless deaths in the film, and many are quite intense.
    — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Playing in the brutal Big East had prepared the Huskies well for this moment.
    — John Marshall, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The largest movement of peoples across the seas occurred by brutal force, through the Atlantic slave trade.
    — TIME, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Smith scored again against the Pride despite brutal heat and humidity, and a loss for the Thorns.
    — oregonlive, 15 June 2023
  • Justin started out fine until he was stopped on a brutal non-call.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Melany was born along the brutal migration route north.
    — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 10 May 2023
  • The country and much of the world experienced a brutal heat wave last summer.
    — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
  • At the top of the episode, the 13-year-old was asked by Sigler what it’s been like since her mom began to feel the sometimes brutal impact of the disorder.
    — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024
  • The resulting footage, which aired on the news, captured the N.Y.P.D.’s brutal tactics for suppressing the protest.
    — Miss Rosen, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
  • Shame, anger and distress caused by months of brutal extortion are transformed into the need to share the process.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The city is close to Bakhmut, which Russia captured in May after months of brutal fighting.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Butler had eight, Adebayo two in that brutal first half.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way.
    — Brendan Le, People.com, 25 Oct. 2024

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