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male

[meyl] / meɪl /
ADJECTIVE
masculine, manly
Synonyms




Example Sentences

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“I really like writing about non-toxic male friendships and relationships,” Lawrence said.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2026

For decades, female roles in jatra were played by men known as purush ranis, or male queens.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

“They were far from the classical ideal of male beauty,” Mr. Sidebottom writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

West, one of the grande dames of the movement, got her start at Seattle alt-weekly the Stranger and spent years excoriating fatphobia, online misogyny, and male entitlement for the ur-millennial-feminist site Jezebel.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

When women shared an airfield with male pilots, they put bunches of flowers on the wings of their own planes to mark them.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein