masculine
Example Sentences
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"He kind of just fit a masculine action-star stereotype... I'm pretty much positive none of us could name a movie he'd been in."
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
It’s not dense, it doesn’t blabber on and it certainly doesn’t reek of masculine self-obsession.
From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026
A German listener can instantly narrow the options, ruling out masculine or neuter singular nouns.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026
He notes without disparagement that football is conservative and masculine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Goss used the pronoun that designates a male animal, not the pronoun for a human being in the masculine role of kemmer.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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