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- adjective
imposing , large, and muscular
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Baron: "Schwarzeneggerian" is such an apropos word.
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The sparse audience was noticeably underwhelmed, as his robot lacked anything approaching a liquid metal structure or even a Schwarzeneggerian android physique.
Nick Turse: Eco-Explosives, a Bleeding BEAR, and the Armani-Clad Super Soldier 2009
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(He was billed as "Arnold Strong," appearing opposite the cinema's ur-nerd Arnold Stang, and another actor's voice was dubbed in after the editor gave up trying to decipher the Schwarzeneggerian accent.)
Building Arnold 2008
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And that the director chose that nuance for that line, so terribly acted even by Schwarzeneggerian standards, to scream "Cut!" and print to the big screen.
"A Good Argument" 2006
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Thanks to this reign of near-Schwarzeneggerian threat-punning, Ajemian faced a three-month spell in jail.
Conan O’Brien’s Crazed Stalker Sometimes Works Repentance Booth 2008
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"But the recent news highlights an issue that has long been whispered about in hip-hop as some performers have leaned ever more heavily on a Schwarzeneggerian body as part of their public image."
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He even looks less like an ogre and more, dare I say it, Schwarzeneggerian.
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As gay men grow more comfortable shrugging off gay-identified clothing and Schwarzeneggerian fitness standards, straight men are more at ease flaunting a degree of muscle tone seldom seen outside of a Men's Health cover shoot.
June 2005 2005
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"I have no clue," she says, before quickly adding with a touch of Schwarzeneggerian bravado.
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The sparse audience was noticeably underwhelmed, as his robot lacked anything approaching a liquid metal structure or even a Schwarzeneggerian android physique.
Antiwar.com Original 2009
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