manhood

Example Sentences

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These four men, who had valued each other in the first dawn of YOUTH, who had fought by each other's sides in MANHOOD, were now assembled in AGE, and valued each other more than ever.

From The Bravo of Venice; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)

When we say MEN, MAN, MANLY, MANHOOD, and all the other masculine derivatives, we have in the background of our minds a huge vague crowded picture of the world and all its activities.

From Herland by Gilman, Charlotte Perkins

Pint and Bushel Men You will need to be big in ability, in imagination, in energy, in your ideals—but most of all you must be big in MANHOOD.

From Certain Success by Hawkins, Norval A.