BURLY in a Sentence
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21 example sentences for BURLY, such as:
1. They seemed, for the most part, to be very burly men.
2. A burly Sussex policeman and I had found it no light job.
3. So spoke the burly Priest, assuming, on his part, high defiance.
4. You know I am no light weight, and the others were both burly men.
5. It took him quite some time to pick off the burs that had stuck to his coat.
2. A burly Sussex policeman and I had found it no light job.
3. So spoke the burly Priest, assuming, on his part, high defiance.
4. You know I am no light weight, and the others were both burly men.
5. It took him quite some time to pick off the burs that had stuck to his coat.
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Meanings and Examples of BURLY
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burly
a. muscular and heavily built
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 The "burly Negro" was promptly lynched without investigation or examination of inconsistant stories.
2 Upon both sides of this wheel there was a narrow space, into which came the hogs at the end of their journey; in the midst of them stood a great burly Negro, bare-armed and bare-chested.
3 They seemed, for the most part, to be very burly men.
4 On they came, and in a moment the burly form of Tom appeared in sight, almost at the verge of the chasm.
5 George looked over the rocks, and saw them trying to lift the burly form of Tom into the saddle.
6 So spoke the burly Priest, assuming, on his part, high defiance.
7 Sitting down and throwing back his outer coat, the man displayed the burly frame of Sikes.
8 The words were hardly out of his mouth before a man appeared at the door of the room, a very fat and burly man, with a heavy stick in his hand.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
Context Highlight In XII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE COPPER BEECHES
9 In person he was a thick-set, burly man with a shock of grizzled hair, a brown, weather-beaten face, and blue eyes which were keen to the verge of fierceness.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
Context Highlight In V. The Adventure of The "Gloria Scott"
10 A burly Sussex policeman and I had found it no light job.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
Context Highlight In VI. The Adventure of The Musgrave Ritual
11 A burly policeman sweated behind him and seemed at every moment about to act.
12 You know I am no light weight, and the others were both burly men.
13 The swing of his burly body made his friend execute a few light skips from the path to the roadway and back again.
14 He was a burly man of an exceedingly dark complexion, with an exceedingly large head, and a corresponding large hand.
15 He was dressed in a legal-looking suit of black, and loomed, burly and large, in that small office.
Example Sentence:
1 That was 25 years ago, but I still recall the burly driver eying me in the rear-view mirror as we idled at a red light on Michigan Avenue.
2 He has remained largely aloof from the hurly - burly of parliamentary politics.
3 It took him quite some time to pick off the burs that had stuck to his coat.