Glenn Turner

As a kid in New Zealand, you play cricket in summer and rugby in winter. I played cricket and hockey. Not rugby. I wasn't brawny enough for it. Or silly enough, perhaps.

New Zealander Athlete

Cheo Hodari Coker

Even though I've got this really brawny, masculine reputation, I'm a Shondaland Thursdays kind of guy.

American Journalist

Use 'brawny' to describe someone who appears very strong and capable of physically demanding tasks.

Physical Strength

'Brawny' often suggests a positive view of someone's physical strength, implying admiration.

Positive Connotation

'Brawny' is a casual adjective and might not be suitable for formal writings.

Informal Use

 that provides us with a good spider this is a predatory mud just as small as the spider mite by the way what maybe two two millimeter long not more than that brawny quickly hunting chasing the spider mites and here you can see this lady in action on your left hand side

Natural pest control ......

 a brawny bully who'd pin you for a dollar. You know, on that particular day, a voice rang out over the circus P.A. system. They needed a doctor urgently, in the live animal tent. Something had gone wrong with the lion tamer.