male

Example Sentences

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So he always appreciated the ability to point to his official biography on MLB.com, where he was listed at that critical height for the self-conscious male: 6-feet even.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

People with this DSD have male XY chromosomes, but some, like Semenya, are recorded as female at birth.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 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

And while previous TV adaptations root into the emotional interiority of their male characters while sidelining female desire, “The Forsytes” places more narrative purpose in the hands of its women.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

There was much that Nathan still didn’t know about the Enemy Way, and this talk of a male patient only confused Nathan.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young