virile
Example Sentences
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It inspired his themes—war, fear, mutilation, endurance, courage, comradeship and death—and his laconic and stoical, virile and aggressive heroes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025
In a YouTube video, a priest is championing a form of virile, unapologetic masculinity.
From BBC • May 24, 2025
Now, a new, more virile chortle has risen to take its place.
From Slate • Aug. 10, 2023
It's similar more broadly to Nixon's obsession with big, strong, virile, authoritarian men.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2023
In the center stood a stag, magnificent and virile, gazing sideways at Elena.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
Vocabulary lists containing virile
"My Wonder Horse," Vocabulary from the short story
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Henry David Thoreau "Civil Disobedience" (1849)
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Boy: Tales of Childhood
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