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  • adjective large as a bear

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Examples

  • In fact, Mr. Ryan praised Mr. Roethlisberger, the Steelers' bear-sized quarterback, as tough, mobile and capable of dissecting defenses.

    Once a Caretaker, Now a Playmaker Scott Cacciola 2011

  • If some men can be described as laid-back, Berntsen is laid-forward, a bear-sized, gung-ho CIA officer with a pronounced Long Island accent who speaks Dari, one of the local Afghan languages.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • “You mean, oops, I took my high-powered rifle, looked through the scope, and happened to fire at the bear-sized wolf in my crosshairs?” he suggested.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • If some men can be described as laid-back, Berntsen is laid-forward, a bear-sized, gung-ho CIA officer with a pronounced Long Island accent who speaks Dari, one of the local Afghan languages.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • If some men can be described as laid-back, Berntsen is laid-forward, a bear-sized, gung-ho CIA officer with a pronounced Long Island accent who speaks Dari, one of the local Afghan languages.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • “You mean, oops, I took my high-powered rifle, looked through the scope, and happened to fire at the bear-sized wolf in my crosshairs?” he suggested.

    The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Tracy Madison lives in Northwestern Ohio with her husband, four children, a bear-sized dog, an obsessive-compulsive puppy, one snobby cat, and one attack cat.

    Blogging with Tracy Madison 2010

  • The movie, also starring Jericho's Kenneth Mitchell, features base jumpers in a remote Tasmanian national park, who are pursued by grizzly bear-sized -- you guessed it -- Tasmanian Devils.

    Wonder Years' Danica McKellar Teams Up with Apolo Ohno for Syfy Original Movie 2011

  • If some men can be described as laid-back, Berntsen is laid-forward, a bear-sized, gung-ho CIA officer with a pronounced Long Island accent who speaks Dari, one of the local Afghan languages.

    The Longest War Peter L. Bergen 2011

  • Ms. Shreeveport has to work her way past a short, too-perky blonde and a bear-sized, bear

    Fallout Ellen Hopkins 2010

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