virility

Example Sentences

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Mr. Strong’s Oedipus is a commanding figure, exuding virility and seeming to tower over everyone around him, a pillar of rectitude and confidence.

From The Wall Street Journal

In place of fermented grapes stood yellow rice wine, incendiary sorghum liquor and, if the night was long enough, out came a bottle of the latter infused with snake bile, promising virility.

From Salon

But it’s also part of Netflix’s “rise and fall” true crime genre, cautioning against believing in figures like Johnson, who hooks young men by flogging a version of caveman masculinity that associates virility with dominance.

From Salon

To those men, as one commander’s wife blithely puts it in the sixth season, virility is power.

From Salon

Chocolate, which was once a symbol of power and virility, took on more feminine connotations once women could enjoy it.

From Salon