manlike

Example Sentences

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Manlike, he overproduced, ladled out his surplus to neighbors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Manlike, Maxwell Rogers knew that nobody could raise the car by hand, so he started to fiddle with the jack.

From Time Magazine Archive

Manlike, they had told me to go to bed and sleep; as if a woman can sleep when those she loves are in danger!

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker

Manlike, he wore green tight-fitting trunks and a shirt of green fur that revealed bulging biceps where they shouldn't be, and angular planes where there should have been swelling muscles.

From The Door Through Space by Bradley, Marion Zimmer

Manlike, he had thrown away the only precious thing of his life while searching for counterfeit joys, and, man-like, he regretted his folly now that he had lost her.

From The Crimson Gardenia and Other Tales of Adventure by Beach, Rex Ellingwood