brute
noun
a nonhuman creature; beast.
brutes
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pluralof brute.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Except from behind the windshield, where he views the world as teeming with schemers and brutes, acting on all manner of Machiavellian impulses.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2025
But it made a few of the par 4s, such as the 490-yard first and the 465-yard fifth, play like brutes.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
His uncompromising hostility toward revolutionaries inspired Thomas Paine to remark in 1776, “Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their families.”
From National Geographic ● Jul. 3, 2023
Both figures exist within the same body; both are brutes, in their way.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2023
I try to shake them off, but they’re big brutes, bigger than me, and they don’t budge.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
