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
Conquest would allow American men to shed the temptations of the “slothful life” and become a “more manful race.”
From New York Times
“We have to make it in a very manful way.”
From Fox News
Tim D., making a manful effort with one of Harry's memorial Emerald Stingers.
From Golf Digest
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
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