A man of Bunyanesque heft, Mr. Heppner comes across as the most vulnerable of big men, a slightly lost giant. From Wordnik.com. [Manhattan Music] Reference
If Torre wasn't about to plan his every waking moment around Barry Bonds 'Bunyanesque cuts, he couldn't boycott the Angels and Giants, either. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com - Torre makes adjustments as Series spectator] Reference
Jobstian stories are generally Bunyanesque tall tales involving things like sealing tires with spoiled milk and extruding MA2 rims in the forest with your teeth. From Wordnik.com. [Going Down Hard: Saucy Kangaroos and Spicy Videos] Reference
Inasmuch as it is a symbol of outsized, Bunyanesque pretension, I admit I have become fascinated with it in the same way I can't seem to stop watching that Glenn Frey video. From Wordnik.com. [Heat-Addled: Cooler Heads Will Prevail] Reference
Though the rapidly falling temperature of the air outside only whispered of approaching autumn, Bunyanesque lengths of amputated oak crackled for attention within the Stygian depths of a corner fireplace fashioned of hand-laid river rock. From Wordnik.com. [Lost And Found]
To get himself going, or to keep himself stable, he summarizes or quotes rather too extensively from the Voyage of Captain George Vancouver, the tedious, sometimes odious, seaman who charted this difficult coast in 1792-1793, meanwhile dispensing some of those Bunyanesque place names. From Wordnik.com. [Now Voyager] Reference
He called the charge a "Paul Bunyanesque lie," and gave Murray 30 years. From Wordnik.com. [Chicago Reader] Reference
"Tyler had a 3-month head start," said Travis Winter, another senior forward, who sports more Bunyanesque growth. From Wordnik.com. [USATODAY.com News - Top Stories] Reference
Partly Paul-Bunyanesque braggadocio and partly a stiff upper lip in the face of heartbreak, it's a defining song on the defining collection of JC's music. From Wordnik.com. [dk presents...] Reference
If Bobby Cox is going to return to the playoffs in his last season as manager of the Braves, it in part could be thanks to the 20-year-old right fielder Heyward, whose power displays this spring have elicited Bunyanesque tales. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
If Bobby Cox is going to return to the playoffs in his last season as manager of the Braves, it in part could be thanks to the 20-year-old right fielder Jason Heyward, whose power displays this spring have elicited Bunyanesque tales. From Wordnik.com. [LJWorld.com stories: News] Reference
Accounts of his strength were Bunyanesque. From Wordnik.com. [The Gun] Reference
Bunyanesque. From Wordnik.com. [Bambino Sutra] Reference
Bunyanesque goalkeeper Dino Zoff. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
(The Bunyanesque Botts, an. From Wordnik.com. [Independent Weekly] Reference
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