Upon the second period, that which I call the brawn in his life, these exercises will not permit me long to dwell. From Wordnik.com. [Abraham Lincoln: The Just Magistrate, the Representative Statesman, the Practical Philanthropist] Reference
During the Middle Ages, wild boar—also known as brawn—crowned the Christmas feast. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
People think in farming community you don't need a brain, only brawn, which is why Gandhi said you must marry intellect and labor. From Wordnik.com. [Questions and Answers: M.S. Swaminathan] Reference
Of our tame boars we make brawn, which is a kind of meat not usually known to strangers (as I take it), otherwise would not the swart. From Wordnik.com. [Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)] Reference
The lift had come back up and the 'brawn' and the nurse took it. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship Who Sang]
There's a great deli near me that stocks it, otherwise known as 'brawn'. From Wordnik.com. [What I cooked last night.] Reference
"KH-834, your 'brawn' is on her way with assignment tape," Cencom alerted her. From Wordnik.com. [The Ship Who Sang]
Abusers use their "brawn" to over power women and make themselves feeeeel high and mighty. From Wordnik.com. [Police State In Republican Convention City] Reference
In Denmark a local dish is 'brawn' in which you scrape off the meat from the pig's head. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
With all your weight, it'd really put brawn into you. From Wordnik.com. [Unwise Child] Reference
A shield of brawn, and a barrel of Colchester oysters?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810] Reference
Never have I seen such a creature of brawn and muscle. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
In honor of old Spain they have taxed the brawn and brain. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs] Reference
So long as a man has brain or brawn he is bound by that law. From Wordnik.com. [Usury A Scriptural, Ethical and Economic View] Reference
Taking down the regime may require more cleverness than brawn. From Wordnik.com. [The Grunt's War] Reference
Today the cloth (for men and women) implies Desert Storm brawn. From Wordnik.com. [Springtime For Hipsters] Reference
Tip: It's a sweet ride -- if you care more about beauty than brawn. From Wordnik.com. [Road Test: Crossfire] Reference
In the scales of the destinies brawn will never weigh so much as brain. From Wordnik.com. [Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American] Reference
Partly because we're in an information economy that values brains over brawn. From Wordnik.com. [Rich And Geeky] Reference
In this he pleased Mr. Cinch, who was by no means all a man of beef and brawn. From Wordnik.com. [Tin-Types Taken in the Streets of New York A Series of Stories and Sketches Portraying Many Singular Phases of Metropolitan Life] Reference
Drake stood six feet two inches high, and weighed some two hundred pounds, all brawn. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
This equipment in the case of primitive man must necessarily be one of bone and brawn. From Wordnik.com. [The Biology, Physiology and Sociology of Reproduction Also Sexual Hygiene with Special Reference to the Male] Reference
The fat man fondled the brawn of his sword-arm and seemed to gloat upon the situation. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
In Japan, sumo wrestlers are hulking colossuses known for their brawn, not their brains. From Wordnik.com. [Student Sumos] Reference
First, we need to dispel the myth that blue-collar work requires all brawn and no brain. From Wordnik.com. [In praise of hands-on work] Reference
See! there is but little brawn and muscle to him, I grant; and therefore he will not make. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Yes, we think we have outgrown that boyish fascination for brutal brawn a little more than they. From Wordnik.com. [The Menorah Journal, Volume 1, 1915] Reference
Surely never in the history of shipbuilding have brain and brawn worked so brilliantly together!. From Wordnik.com. [The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth] Reference
Where his father was polished, Vince was brashly ambitious, a Sonny Corleone in a world of spandex and brawn. From Wordnik.com. [Why America's Hooked On Wrestling] Reference
The rise of the service economy is shifting the emphasis in hiring, almost everywhere, from brawn to brains and charm. From Wordnik.com. [Death Of The Male] Reference
Tormented by their punky peers, the unlikely pair bond in a brawn-brains combo that reaches a sad but uplifting destiny. From Wordnik.com. [Laughter And Tears] Reference
This city's wrenching transformation from brawn to brain is laudable, and instructive, but wasn't and isn't easy, clean, or complete. From Wordnik.com. [Pittsburgh Stars at the G20] Reference
Green Berets value mental toughness over sheer physical strength, and tend to go into a hostile situation with more brains than brawn. From Wordnik.com. [The War Of The Night] Reference
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