manly
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I certainly haven’t noticed that modern television is overflowing with strapping, brawny men, some sporting magnificent beards or manly manes on their heads, atop bodies as smooth as Barbie dolls.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
The BBC's Gary O'Donoghue examines what the policy reveals about Hegseth's vision for a more "manly" military.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
But how were we supposed to feel about those manly men?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
Trying to look manly and tough when your entire regime, from the top on down, consists of shifty characters with a wide range of obvious personality disorders might seem like a categorical error.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
Then all of a sudden, the manly lover let out a piercing scream and his whole body shot four feet into the air.
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
This virile display is apparently part of a sub-trend in gender reveal nation: making the parties manlier.
From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2018
Sitters would often use the opportunity as a sort of wish fulfilment, posing as someone wealthier, manlier, more interesting.
From Economist ● Aug. 17, 2017
After all, they don't come much manlier than Manchester United Methuselah Ryan Giggs and he's hawking a yoga DVD.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 26, 2011
He would probably consider being alive manlier and less humiliating than being dead, right?
From Slate
In all the army of the great Republic was no manlier soldier than the little fellow who now faced his Colonel with a look of rapture on his round, dusky face.
From A Little Dusky Hero by Harriet T. (Harriet Theresa) Comstock
“We have to be the manliest of men,” Tipton said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 4, 2020
The “Kiss” video confirmed it: slim and made-up, this singer was challenging our limited sense of “man,” yet he was the manliest thing I’d ever seen—in an asymmetrical half-top.
From Salon ● Apr. 22, 2016
Men have prostates, so what’s the manliest thing we can promote?
From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2015
And that the ability to push people around on a sports field doesn't make you the strongest or manliest.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2012
“Bear with me. This is going to be the manliest thing you’ve ever heard.”
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
