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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

“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

In Scotland, there is no record if the perpetrator is male.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

The large male by the cook-fire puffed out his fur until he looked twice as big.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer