virile

Example Sentences

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It's similar more broadly to Nixon's obsession with big, strong, virile, authoritarian men.

From Salon

Most important, does he adequately appreciate Dickens’s unshakable virile gusto — a quality Bloom so frequently celebrates?

From New York Times

Billy was famously virile, siring offspring with a pair of females, both of whom had names as human as his: Hannah and Matilda.

From Washington Post

Despite these attempts to project that he was "virile," Trump admitted that the disease had made him feel "tired," adding that "my life is based a little bit on energy and I didn't have it."

From Salon

But it's worth recalling that ugly incident because it provided a window into his twisted psyche and the way he views his "brand" as being a virile strongman with superior genes.

From Salon