How to Use brutal in a Sentence

brutal

adjective

• The traffic was brutal on the way to work.
• The movie is a brutal depiction of the war.
• I had a brutal headache this morning.
• The writer describes the dangers of drugs with brutal honesty.
• Sailors sometimes faced brutal punishments like whipping.
• Playing in the brutal Big East had prepared the Huskies well for this moment.
  — John Marshall, ajc, 4 Apr. 2023
• Cue muted angsting on all sides, though the writing never really cuts to the brutal heart of Emma’s dilemma.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Apr. 2023
• Amid a fierce backlash to his decision — and a brutal start to his tenure — Bragg insisted that the investigation was not over.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• But eight months of brutal trench warfare have transformed Bakhmut from an obscure mining city into a modern-day Stalingrad whose fate could shape the course of the war.
  — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023
• When her younger sister is chosen for the brutal competition, Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) steps in to take her place.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 6 Apr. 2023
• Faced with a harrowing decision, a woman whose partner has been killed must save herself and a ten-year-old boy while battling unforgiving terrain, brutal weather, and the grief of losing her love.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
• Gilmore came of age in a time where comedies did not have to be so brutal.
  — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2023
• But her life took a dark turn with a brutal assault at home.
  — Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
• In the face of a brutal crackdown by the regime, protests spread like wildfire in the following weeks.
  — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 16 Sep. 2023
• There are many brutal deaths There are countless deaths in the film, and many are quite intense.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• The largest movement of peoples across the seas occurred by brutal force, through the Atlantic slave trade.
  — TIME, 18 Mar. 2024
• Smith scored again against the Pride despite brutal heat and humidity, and a loss for the Thorns.
  — oregonlive, 15 June 2023
• Justin started out fine until he was stopped on a brutal non-call.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023
• Melany was born along the brutal migration route north.
  — Matt Rivers, ABC News, 10 May 2023
• The country and much of the world experienced a brutal heat wave last summer.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• At the top of the episode, the 13-year-old was asked by Sigler what it’s been like since her mom began to feel the sometimes brutal impact of the disorder.
  — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 June 2024
• The resulting footage, which aired on the news, captured the N.Y.P.D.’s brutal tactics for suppressing the protest.
  — Miss Rosen, The New Yorker, 8 July 2023
• Shame, anger and distress caused by months of brutal extortion are transformed into the need to share the process.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
• The city is close to Bakhmut, which Russia captured in May after months of brutal fighting.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
• Butler had eight, Adebayo two in that brutal first half.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2024
• This round of layoffs come after a brutal 14 months in the video game industry.
  — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
• Although the loss was a brutal way to start the day, the organization's work remained far from over.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2023
• Hunter felt scared, sad and angry that such a brutal crime had been carried out in the campus parking lot.
  — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
• In April 2023, Smith State Prison had two brutal assaults with one resulting in a man’s death.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2024
• Smith finished the job with brutal elbows from the top position and ran up the cage wall with a flip to celebrate his win.
  — Brian Mazique, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024