manful

Example Sentences

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It will star North Carolina guard Caleb Love stepping to the top of the arc and rocketing in a manful three-point shot with 25 seconds left for a 78-74 lead that held.

From Washington Post • Apr. 2, 2022

Conquest would allow American men to shed the temptations of the “slothful life” and become a “more manful race.”

From New York Times • Dec. 4, 2021

Tim D., making a manful effort with one of Harry's memorial Emerald Stingers.

From Golf Digest • Sep. 18, 2016

Meanwhile, The Royal Baby, by Tony Bradman and Tony Ross, is a manful attempt to meet current frenzied speculation about the contents of the Duchess's hillock head-on, without pandering to it.

From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2013

Then some being shamed by his mercy overcame their fear and went on, and the others took new hope, hearing of a manful deed within their measure that they could turn to, and they departed.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien