virile

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The performances of the symphonies, on Thursday and Saturday, came across considerably more persuasively than the concerto did on Wednesday, though Mr. Zukerman, now age 77, was in fine, virile form.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Now, a new, more virile chortle has risen to take its place.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023

A key item, a button-front underwear shirt, shares heritage with today’s henley, a shirt that’s never shed its virile associations.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2022

The cowboy has long stood as a symbol of American values and virile masculinity.

From Salon • Aug. 29, 2022

She was a big woman, in stature almost equalling her husband, and corpulent besides: she showed virile force in the contest—more than once she almost throttled him, athletic as he was.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë