masculine
Example Sentences
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"He kind of just fit a masculine action-star stereotype... I'm pretty much positive none of us could name a movie he'd been in."
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
Like their hero, the only masculine strength they seem interested in is the kind performed for cameras, far away from real-world challenges that might easily defeat their self-image as the mightiest of men.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
And that took letting go of whatever this masculine image was that was blocking me.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
A German listener can instantly narrow the options, ruling out masculine or neuter singular nouns.
From Science Daily • Feb. 20, 2026
He lived out there, eight miles from any neighbor, in masculine solitude in what might be called the halfacre gunroom of a baronial splendor.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.