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

If the human face and the hair that sprouts from it represents an index of manliness, cultural values did not always welcome the degree of manliness exuded by beards.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2024

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

We watched like orphaned refugees while she plumped her jowls with food and enlightened us as to our shortcomings with regard to diet, equipment, and general manliness.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson