manliness

Example Sentences

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The problem, as a trio of newish shows suggests, is that the old scripts for proving one’s vaunted manliness no longer function the way they once did—if they ever did.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

"A lot of people ask me: 'Father Moses, how can I increase my manliness to absurd levels?'"

From BBC • May 24, 2025

As Freeman notes, these insults “demanded an immediate challenge, for they struck at the core elements of manliness and gentility.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2023

Presumably, we're meant to believe his elaborate combover and spray tan would have created a manliness force field that repelled all floating objects.

From Salon • Feb. 7, 2023

Obiora said, rising, the fear in his eyes not quite shielded by the brazen manliness in his pidgin English.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie