he-man

Example Sentences

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It is a trend that could make classic Hollywood he-man John Wayne proud.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2022

Cable TV dresses up space aliens in he-man drag, making the subtext into text, the way Carlson’s tough talk and aggressive posturing playact a child’s idea of manliness.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2021

Motivated to impress the show’s producers, he landed a part in the musical’s he-man chorus by performing handsprings.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2020

Starting in the ’80s, his hard-core music, confrontational spoken-word pieces, and he-man persona consciously used virility to attack itself — something that Idles now does just as avidly.

From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2019

The fund-raising campaign for the he-man cyclotron kicked off on January 7, 1940, when Warren Weaver arrived in Berkeley to visit with Lawrence and Sproul.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik