hurly-burly

A burly Belgian, strapped with grenades and ammunition, towered above them.

Based on his sock puppet, I expected him to be a burly bearded giant clad in plaid—basically, a Canadian Paul Bunyan.

The film tells the story of Ron “Stray Dog” Hall, a burly, sixtysomething biker and Vietnam vet.

She tried the direct, how-do-you-do handshake approach, but was blocked by a burly aide-de-camp.

In recent years, Montana has been electing a certain breed of burly, alpha male Democrats.

Tom himself was burly, ruddy, broad, and rather above middle size.

This hurly-burly,” said he, drawing her into a quiet eddy of the stream, “is no place for the communion of two twin souls.

Out of a dark porch, ten paces along Bond Street, appeared a burly figure to fall into step a few yards behind Gray.

A man, burly and broad-shouldered, who had the air of a professional bully, walked by himself ahead.

A burly warrior scooped up coals on a piece of bark and with a fiendish grin leaped through the smoke.