The champ was scared when the burly boxer entered the ring. From LearnThat.org.
There is no doubt in my mind that the word burly isn't interchangeable with the terms cut or svelte. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Gerdy: All the Mr. Potters Getting You Down? Focus on the George Baileys Around You] Reference
That was 25 years ago, but I still recall the burly driv. From Wordnik.com. [Paul Engleman: Harold and Barack: Emotional Wisdom From 1983] Reference
I like the word “burlesque”- I am kind of burly, for a little person…. From Wordnik.com. [Interview: Catherine D'Lish--My Birthday Present for Me!] Reference
That's the kind of burly teamster, night worker, who was very isolated from the jury. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 9, 2004] Reference
One was where I was surrounded by these kind of burly guys and I was trying to walk away. From Wordnik.com. [dulligirl Diary Entry] Reference
I remember when that book came out and your description of Chris Warner's "burly" art was spot-on. From Wordnik.com. [PREDATOR #2 Dark Horse Comics, 1989] Reference
By stating that it is 'burly', you are telling him that you are a boy, and by stating that it is. From Wordnik.com. [IGN Complete] Reference
Wesson, a burly man with gray dreadlocks, moved in last fall. From Wordnik.com. [SUFFER THE CHILDREN: MURDER IN FRESNO] Reference
I'm such a big, burly guy they had no idea I was a transplant patient. From Wordnik.com. [Catch-22 For A Transplant] Reference
Call it refuge, an escape from the hurly-burly of the rest of the country. From Wordnik.com. [The War For Montana's Soul] Reference
Customers are similarly annoyed by the hurly-burly world of telecommunications. From Wordnik.com. [Dissing Customers] Reference
"I hope they don't target the Lebanese Army," the burly 40-year-old officer said. From Wordnik.com. [Torn to Shreds] Reference
Open up its burly 302-horsepower engine and you'll be singing "Come Fly With Me.". From Wordnik.com. [Road Test | Lincoln Aviator] Reference
The burly military advisers once served with the most elite units in the world -- U.S. From Wordnik.com. [Fighting a Peace Plan] Reference
Your car was involved in a hit-and-run accident today, "the burly officer informed me.". From Wordnik.com. [Sergeant Friday, Where Are You?] Reference
A burly bearded man in a black shirt and black warm-up pants emerged from his stone house. From Wordnik.com. ['We Are Terrified'] Reference
Leading the way is Severino Cavalcanti, the burly new president of the Brazilian Congress. From Wordnik.com. [Time to Say 'Enough'?] Reference
The commodious back seat, with ample storage space underneath, can fit three burly fellows. From Wordnik.com. [ROAD TEST: HONDA RIDGELINE RTS] Reference
In the back of the plane, however, five men, all burly athletes, were plotting a rush at the hijackers. From Wordnik.com. [The Road To September 11] Reference
Imposing a strategic framework on the hurly-burly of world affairs requires discipline and persistence. From Wordnik.com. [Groping For A Vision] Reference
Think tourism in America, and you usually think of the hurly-burly of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. From Wordnik.com. [Country Roads] Reference
As a candidate, he can appear slightly overproduced, a little too smooth for the hurly-burly of the hustings. From Wordnik.com. [Governor Romney, Meet Governor Romney] Reference
Alas, it has no built-in weaponry, but at a burly seven ounces, you can bonk your enemy over the head with it. From Wordnik.com. [TECH-TOCK, TECH-TOCK] Reference
Three years ago Bhupinder Singh, a burly 23-year-old man, was sent to Tihar Jail on the outskirts of New Delhi. From Wordnik.com. [Nirvana Behind Bars] Reference
Only Dmitry Yazov, the once-burly defense minister who has lost 50 pounds in prison, disparages his own motives. From Wordnik.com. [The Kremlin Plot] Reference
The union between the gazelle-like Sheikha Mozah and the burly 53-year-old emir is not a traditional Gulf marriage. From Wordnik.com. [Hillary Clinton, Stand Back] Reference
I'm sure he won't forget the day I spotted a burly oaf pulling a huge truck with monster tires into a reserved spot. From Wordnik.com. [You're In My Spot] Reference
Even for the burly, red-bearded Owens, whose parents have been together 30 years, the union was a daunting prospect. From Wordnik.com. [Down The Aisle] Reference
An aimless ramble through the countryside used to be about as far as you could get from the hurly-burly of politics. From Wordnik.com. [Will We Ever Stop Global Warming?] Reference
ASK JOSH HERMAN IF HE CAN remember the moment he realized he was a success, and the burly 26-year-old doesn't hesitate. From Wordnik.com. [Bringing The Loot 24/7] Reference
A burly, sun-scrapped man appears at his side; he could have been one of the drifters in his book "In the American West.". From Wordnik.com. [Avedon] Reference
At a burly 6 feet 4 inches, you might think the president of Time Warner would be an intimidating presence in the boardroom. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Keeps The Peace] Reference
Now the burly Tennessee senator is one of the Beltway's bright lights -- and another possible hat in the 2000-election ring. From Wordnik.com. [The Century Club] Reference
Schmidt looked worn out, his burly body weighed by stress and the woes of the campaign, his relentless stare dimmed by exhaustion. From Wordnik.com. [The Great Debates] Reference
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