masculine

Example Sentences

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Fiedler’s propositions about masculine relationships turned out to be merely the opening shocks in his critical investigations of our country’s literary past.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

These are suggestions shared online by so-called "masculinity influencers": men who promote what they say are ways to become more masculine.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

"But I promise you it worked. That was when I started to to explore the discomfort of masculine pressure."

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

It’s not dense, it doesn’t blabber on and it certainly doesn’t reek of masculine self-obsession.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

He came in the morning, smelling of that masculine cologne I had come to smell even when he was not there, wearing the same boyish smile, wearing the same soutane.

From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie