Winter hunger is a primitive thing, the prowling of a big burly bear.

And it should satisfy, with its soul-warming heartiness, that big burly bear.

Mr. Gordon, by contrast, is more of a burly bear.

A burly bear of a man some twenty years the boy's senior crawled out from beneath the steps, soaked, shivering and covered with mud, still holding his pistol.

To judge by physique, Mr. Repin ought to be a big, burly bear of an artist.

He swaggered up to Conan like a burly crimson bear, magnificent in gold-braided scarlet coat, with a plumed hat set rakishly on his bald head.

Fehern gestured to the burly, almost rotund bear of a man who stood to his right, a figure over two yards in height.

Sometimes called "the burly bear," a reference to his size and demeanor, he was known for his debating skills and his knowledge of the criminal justice system.

"Slow chickens are easier to catch," shot back Mr. Norstein, a burly Brooklyn-born bear of man with a borscht belt sense of humor.

One burly bear of a man carried what looked like an honest-to-God wheel lock rifle.