| This 1897 story harrowingly captures the nastiness, brutishness, and shortness of life in a village of the time. |
| Though taken aback by the party leader's brutishness, the diplomat was not surprised by the message. |
| We know that our anthropophagi are not at the lowest degree of the scale, and that there are worlds in which are found degrees of brutishness and ferocity that have no analogues in our earth. |
| My son would like to join the army, but he is understandably concerned about being exposed to such brutishness. |
| A cruel thing happened just before supper, indicative of the callousness and brutishness of these men. |
| It's a word which shows a feeble mind and a tendency to brutishness. |
