Bunyanesque

On a cool fall weekend, Atlanta Falcons fullback Ovie Mughelli opened the passenger door and swung his tree trunk-sized leg out of his car, exposing his six-foot-two, 250-pound frame--a Paul Bunyanesque physique that’s bowled over bigger men.

Rocky Kistner: A Green Football Giant Helps Kids Save the World Rocky Kistner 2011

Inasmuch as it is a symbol of outsized, Bunyanesque pretension, I admit I have become fascinated with it in the same way I can't seem to stop watching that Glenn Frey video.

Heat-Addled: Cooler Heads Will Prevail BikeSnobNYC 2010

Jobstian stories are generally Bunyanesque tall tales involving things like sealing tires with spoiled milk and extruding MA2 rims in the forest with your teeth.

Going Down Hard: Saucy Kangaroos and Spicy Videos BikeSnobNYC 2010

Jobstian stories are generally Bunyanesque tall tales involving things like sealing tires with spoiled milk and extruding MA2 rims in the forest with your teeth.

Archive 2010-01-01 BikeSnobNYC 2010

This drew the attention of none other than uber-curmudgeon and serial retrogrouch Jobst Brandt, who predictably used it as an opportunity to tout not only his well-known hatred of hard anodized rims "I haven't seen such a split since black hard anodized rims first appeared on the market in the 1970's" but also to flaunt his super-human Bunyanesque riding ability.

Sticky Fingers and Sticky Issues: Thefts, Failures, Recalls, and Judgments BikeSnobNYC 2009

If Torre wasn't about to plan his every waking moment around Barry Bonds 'Bunyanesque cuts, he couldn't boycott the Angels and Giants, either.

USATODAY.com - Torre makes adjustments as Series spectator 2002

Though the rapidly falling temperature of the air outside only whispered of approaching autumn, Bunyanesque lengths of amputated oak crackled for attention within the Stygian depths of a corner fireplace fashioned of hand-laid river rock.

Lost And Found Foster, Alan Dean 2004

The Reds first baseman had Paul Bunyanesque biceps—Mark McGwire is the proverbial ninety-eight-pound weakling in contrast—that he liked to flaunt, to give the pitcher something to think about.

WHY is the FOUL POLE FAIR? VINCE STATEN 2003

A man of Bunyanesque heft, Mr. Heppner comes across as the most vulnerable of big men, a slightly lost giant.

Manhattan Music 2001

There was a Bunyanesque ring to many of Captain Van [couver] 's names, like Desolation Sound and Deception Pass….

Now Voyager McMurtry, Larry 2000