he-man

Example Sentences

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Thor’s love life humanized him for good and bad, though his romance with an astrophysicist — Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster — worked best as ballast for the he-man action.

From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2022

It is a trend that could make classic Hollywood he-man John Wayne proud.

From Washington Times • May 31, 2022

Motivated to impress the show’s producers, he landed a part in the musical’s he-man chorus by performing handsprings.

From Washington Post • Oct. 31, 2020

Billy lives in a world where Superman and Batman fend off threats to humanity’s very existence, but in non-mythic Philadelphia, there’s not much for a newly empowered he-man to do.

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2019

The fund-raising campaign for the he-man cyclotron kicked off on January 7, 1940, when Warren Weaver arrived in Berkeley to visit with Lawrence and Sproul.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik