virile man
Example Sentences
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Social media introduced me to Cannon's quest to exemplify what he calls a "virile man," but I mostly ignored the commentary on him until it found its way into my circle of friends.
From Salon • Sep. 23, 2022
One day it will find its redeemer — inevitably a strong and virile man — and triumph.
From New York Times • May 9, 2018
By then, the ideal of the virile man had become almost impossibly confusing.
From The New Yorker • Apr. 14, 2016
That word standsUnsexed and impotent in Realms of Speech.When mighty problems face a startled worldNo virile man is neutral.
From Poems of Optimism by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
Father a very virile man of high character and good intelligence, but not sound physical health.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock
